NASA’s Management of Programs and Projects after Mission Termination—Canceled or Repurposed Artemis Campaign Systems
NASA OIG ·
NASA’s reformulation of the Artemis campaign to meet the Administration’s national space policy goals resulted in the termination or repurposing of Artemis-related systems including the Exploration Upper Stage, Universal Stage Adapter, Mobile Launcher 2, and Gateway Habitation and Logistics Outpost. The combined contract value of these efforts increased from $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion, with […]
NASA’s reformulation of the Artemis campaign to meet the Administration’s national space policy goals resulted in the termination or repurposing of Artemis-related systems including the Exploration Upper Stage, Universal Stage Adapter, Mobile Launcher 2, and Gateway Habitation and Logistics Outpost. The combined contract value of these efforts increased from $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion, with delivery dates extended by up to 7 years. We project, if NASA allowed work to continue to completion, these systems would have cost more and taken longer to complete.
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Bechtel Response to ML-26-002
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