United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-05-18 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-718T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-718T P0b002ee18038a56e f:d05718t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-718T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-718T GAO-05-718T Human capital Human capital management Program management Schedule slippages Space exploration Staff utilization Strategic planning Skilled labor Space shuttles International Space Station NASA Space Shuttle Program Space Shuttle Titan IV Rocket Testimony A24319 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) space shuttle program is key to implementing the President's vision for space exploration, which calls for completing the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of the decade. Currently, the space shuttle, which is to be retired after ISS assembly is completed, is the only launch system capable of transporting ISS components. To meet the goals of the President's vision and satisfy ISS's international partners, NASA is examining alternative launch vehicles and ISS configurations. Retiring the space shuttle and, in the larger context, implementing the President's vision, will require NASA to rely on its most important asset--its workforce. Because maintaining a skilled workforce through retirement will be challenging, GAO was asked to discuss the actions NASA has taken to sustain a skilled space shuttle workforce and the challenges it faces in doing so--findings reported on in March 2005 (see GAO, Space Shuttle: Actions Needed to Better Position NASA to Sustain Its Workforce through Retirement, GAO-05-230). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-718T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-718T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-718T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-718T.pdf GAO-05-718T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-718T Testimony GAO-05-718T; Space Shuttle: Status of NASA's Efforts to Address Workforce Issues Related to the Space Shuttle's Retirement; Human capital Human capital management Program management Schedule slippages Space exploration Staff utilization Strategic planning Skilled labor Space shuttles International Space Station NASA Space Shuttle Program Space Shuttle Titan IV Rocket Public Law 106-178 Public Law 108-201