Jul 17 2002
From The Space Library
The GAO submitted a report to Congress examining the reasons for the increasing costs of the ISS and the potential effects of those costs on the station's ability to conduct scientific research. The report stated that changes in the program, scheduling delays, and other issues had substantially increased the program's costs, and that NASA's management had not taken steps to address cost growth. Consequently, the ISS's scientific research capabilities had diminished, raising concerns among the station's international partners. Although GAO made no formal recommendations, it cited NASA's own newly established management and cost-estimation reforms, noted challenges NASA faced in implementing those reforms, and suggested that NASA develop a credible budget to complete the ISS. NASA formally responded that the report reasonably portrayed the problems with the ISS, as well as NASA's efforts to address them. (U.S. General Accounting Office, “Space Station: Actions Under Way To Manage Cost, But Significant Challenges Remain” (report no. GAO-02-735, Washington, DC, 17 July 2002), www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-02-735 (accessed 26 September 2008).)
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