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 2006-09-28 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-1127T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1127T P0b002ee180390f43 f:d061127t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1127T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1127T GAO-06-1127T Aerospace contracts Cost analysis Cost overruns Future budget projections Program management Research and development contracts Risk assessment Risk management Schedule slippages Space exploration Strategic planning Target architecture Crew Exploration Vehicle Crew Launch Vehicle NASA Constellation Program Vision for Space Exploration Testimony A61547 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to spend nearly $230 billion over the next two decades implementing the President's Vision for Space Exploration (Vision) plans. In July 2006, GAO issued a report that questioned the program's affordability, and particularly, NASA's acquisition approach for one of the program's major projects--the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). This testimony, which is based upon that report and another recent GAO report evaluating NASA's acquisition policies, highlights GAO's continuing concerns with (1) the affordability of the exploration program; (2) the acquisition approach for the CEV, and; (3) NASA's acquisition policies that lack requirements for projects to proceed with adequate knowledge. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1127T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1127T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1127T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1127T.pdf GAO-06-1127T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1127T Testimony GAO-06-1127T; NASA: Sound Management and Oversight Key to Addressing Crew Exploration Vehicle Project Risks; Aerospace contracts Cost analysis Cost overruns Future budget projections Program management Research and development contracts Risk assessment Risk management Schedule slippages Space exploration Strategic planning Target architecture Crew Exploration Vehicle Crew Launch Vehicle NASA Constellation Program Vision for Space Exploration