Review of Selected Aspects of The Management and Operation of Tracking and Data Acquisition Stations at Goldstone, California

GAO originally reviewed selected aspects of the management and operation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's tracking and data acquisition stations at Goldstone, California in response to an August 1967 request of the Chairman, House Committee on Science and Astronautics. This report provides additional review at the Goldstone stations. As a result of its findings, GAO proposed that NASA study the methods by which the calibration and repair work at Goldstone was done, to determine whether the most efficient and economical methods were being utilized. GAO further proposed that NASA require Jet Propulsion Laboratory to identify critical spare parts which must be stored at each Goldstone station and that all other components be returned to the Deep Space Network depot.