28 May 2021
US GAO report casts doubt on 2024 lunar landing
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a report casting doubts on NASA’s ....” Furthermore the space agency also faces technical risks say the accountability office. High on the list of potential problematic developments was the ...
21 June 2019
Artemis-1 flight faces delays suggests new report
... in a series of reports addressing NASA’s human space exploration programme, has been conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). It has found that persistent delays and spiralling costs, including a $1 billion deficit needed in order...
02 August 2021
US GAO upholds SpaceX's Moon lander contract
... to build a Moon lander, the US Government Accountability Office said Friday, following their investigation into the contract... had sufficient funding for one contract award,” however the GAO further states there was no requirement for NASA “to engage...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently criticised NASA for continuing a dual... forces have internal affairs divisions and the GAO itself performs a similar function for the government. Research programmes have safety monitoring boards....
03 May 2021
NASA tells SpaceX to halt HLS development after protest by rivals
... move prompted an outcry from both Blue Origin and Dynetics who subsequently filed protests with the US’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) to lodge their dissatisfaction with NASA’s decision. “The Dynetics design was not altered, only refined...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... SLS would be ready to fly by December 2017 Also weighing in with a report in 2014, Congress’ watchdog, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), questioned the date that SLS was expected to be ready and recommended that NASA make the customary...
