NASA Must Reconsider Operations Pricing Policy to Compensate For Cost Growth on the Space Transportation System

Abstract

NASAs Shuttle pricing policy, established 5years ago and based on average pricing over12 years of operations, combined with increasing Shuttle operations costs, has created a situation where NASA must absorb the higher costs of operations for all users in the early years. At the same time, because of budget cutbacks, NASA must seek additional appropriations or delay or cancel its own research programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 23, 1982
Accession Number
AD1180795

Entities

People

  • Charles Arthur Bowsher

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronautics
  • Booster Rocket Engines
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Earth Orbits
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Ground Support Equipment
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Payload
  • Propellants
  • Space Sciences
  • Space Shuttles
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space