International Space Station: U.S. Life-Cycle Funding Requirements
NSIAD-98-147
Published: May 22, 1998. Publicly Released: Jun 01, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed issues associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) International Space Station program, focusing on: (1) estimates of the station's development, assembly, and operations costs and comparing this estimate with the estimate in GAO's June 1995 report; (2) program uncertainties that may affect those costs; (3) potential debris tracking costs; (4) the status of program reserves; and (5) recent actions to measure prime contractor performance based on rebaselined information.
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Aerospace contractsAerospace researchBudgetary reservesContract performanceCost analysisCost overrunsLife cycle costsPrime contractorsSatellitesSchedule slippages