Space Science: Causes and Impacts of Cutbacks to NASA's Outer Solar System Exploration Missions
NSIAD-94-24
Published: Dec 29, 1993. Publicly Released: Feb 02, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF)/Cassini Program, focusing on the: (1) factors that led to the cancellation of the CRAF project; and (2) prospects for continuation of the Cassini project.
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Aerospace researchBudget cutsContract terminationCost controlFuture budget projectionsResearch and development contractsSpace explorationSolar systemExplorationCost estimates