NASA: Assessments of Major Projects

Abstract

In our 11th annual Quick Look at the status of NASA's major projects, we found ongoing cost increases and delayssimilar to last year. NASA's acquisition management has been on our High Risk List. NASA hasn't been able to meet its cost and schedule goals on some of its costliest programs, like the James Webb Space Telescope and human spaceflight efforts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1166840

Entities

People

  • Cristina T. Chaplain

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Congress
  • Detectors
  • Earth Orbits
  • Earth Sciences
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Manufacturing
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Observatories
  • Organizational Structure
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Risk Analysis
  • Software Development
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management

Technology Areas

  • Space