Cost Overruns, Delays Plague New Shuttle Launch System

A NASA project to replace the 25-year-old Launch Processing System (LPS) computer setup for space shuttles is exceeding budget by 70%; is nearly 40 months behind schedule; and threatens a cancellation of the upgrade. A NASA headquarters cost/management assessment team visited here in early August to...

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