NASA's Space Plans Take Another Hit

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 25, 2009 @11:28AM from the shields-weakening dept.

coondoggie writes "The folks at the Government Accountability Office have not been all that kind to NASA in recent years, and today they issued another damning report on the future of the manned space flight program. NASA is still struggling to develop a solid business case — including firm requirements, mature technologies, a knowledge-based acquisition strategy, a realistic cost estimate, and sufficient funding and time — needed to justify moving the Constellation program, which includes the two main spaceflight components, the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle and the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, forward into the implementation phase, the GAO stated."

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Why, why, why? by tetrahedrassface · 2009-09-26 12:00 · Score: 3, Interesting

Why does space exploration have to take a hit when we can spend trillions on everything else? Here is my idea, let GM and Chrysler build the vehicles... After all we own GM and Chrysler.