Moon Program Puts Squeeze On NASA’s Costs, Schedules, GAO Finds

Mark Carreau May 11, 2020
cryogenic mirror testing
James Webb Space Telescope mirrors undergo cryogenic testing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
Credit: Ball Aerospace
Even before most of NASA’s field centers shut down amid efforts to stem the spread of the COVID-19 virus, cost and schedule troubles were mounting for the agency’s heavy-lift rocket, the cornerstone of an initiative to land astronauts on the Moon in 2024. A new U.S. Government Accountability Office...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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