National Aeronautics and Space Administration Should Provide the Congress with More Information on the Pioneer Venus Project

Abstract

NASA will launch two Pioneer spacecraft in 1978 to get information on Earth's closest neighbor, Venus. These missions will be the latest in, a series of U.S. Venus flights which began in 1961. Costs have grown and technical problems have cropped up in the project. NASA's quality assurance policy has not been applied in this program. Efforts at international cooperation in exploring Venus should be continued. Improvements can be made in the financial and management information being provided to the Congress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 07, 1977
Accession Number
AD1119454

Entities

People

  • R. W. Gutmann

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agreements
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Budget Estimates
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Reductions
  • Data Acquisition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Components
  • Governments
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Procurement
  • Space Sciences
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space