Exploring the Final Frontier - Issues, Plans and Funding for NASA : Issues, Plans and Funding for NASA.

Intro -- EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER ISSUES, PLANS AND FUNDING FOR NASA -- EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER ISSUES, PLANS AND FUNDING FOR NASA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 AN ANALYSIS OF NASA'S PLANS FOR CONTINUING HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT AFTER RETIRING THE SPACE SHUTTLE∗ -- SUMMARY -- The Constellation Program and NASA's Budget -- The Gap in U.S. Human Spaceflight -- The Constellation Program Within NASA's Budget -- RISKS TO THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF ARES 1 AND ORION -- The Margin for Increases in Orion's Mass -- Development Risks for the Ares 1 -- Thrust Oscillations -- Performance Shortfall -- Schedule for Development of the J-2X Engine -- POTENTIAL DELAYS IN COMPLETING THE SPACE STATION AND RETIRING THE SPACE SHUTTLE -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 THE BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS OF NASA'S CURRENT PLANS FOR SPACE EXPLORATION∗ -- SUMMARY -- NASA's Current Plans -- EXPECTED COST GROWTH IN NASA'S PROGRAMS AND ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS -- Scenario 1: Keep Funding Fixed and Allow Schedules to Slip -- Scenario 2: Execute NASA's Current Plans and Extend Operation of the Shuttle and Space Station -- Scenario 3: Achieve the Constellation Program's Schedule and Allow the Science Schedule to Slip -- Scenario 4: Absorb Cost Growth to Achieve Constellation's Schedule by Reducing Funding for Science and Aeronautics -- Comparison of the Constellation and Apollo Programs -- APPENDIX: DETAILS OF NASA'S PLANS, BY DIRECTORATE AND FUNCTION -- Exploration Systems Mission Directorate -- Space Operations Mission Directorate -- Science Mission Directorate -- Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate -- Cross-Agency Support, Education, and Inspector General -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 NASA:ASSESSMENTS OF SELECTED LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS∗ -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- A SOUND BUSINESS CASE UNDERPINS SUCCESSFUL ACQUISITION OUTCOMES.

NASA HAS MADE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ITS ACQUISITIONS -- PROJECT ASSESSMENTS -- OUR OBSERVATIONS -- Technology Maturity -- Design Stability -- Complexity of Heritage Technology -- Contractor Performance -- Development Partner Performance -- ASSESSMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS -- AQUARIUS -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- ARES I CREW LAUNCH VEHICLE (CLV) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- DAWN -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- GAMMA-RAY LARGE AREA SPACE TELESCOPE (GLAST) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- GLORY -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT (GPM) MISSION -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- HERSCHEL -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- KEPLER -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- LANDSAT DATA CONTINUITY MISSION (LDCM) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER (LRO) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY (MSL) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- NPOESS PREPARATORY PROJECT (NPP) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY (OCO) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- ORION CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLE (CEV) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments.

SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY FOR INFRARED ASTRONOMY (SOFIA) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE) -- Project Status -- Detailed Project Discussion -- Project Office Comments -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: COMMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION -- APPENDIX II: NASA LIFE CYCLE FOR FLIGHT SYSTEMS COMPARED TO A KNOWLEDGE-BASED APPROACH -- APPENDIX III: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- Data Limitations -- Project Profile Information on Each Individual Two-Page Assessment -- Project Challenges Discussion on Each Individual Two-Page Assessment -- APPENDIX IV: TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS -- APPENDIX V: GAO CONTACT AND STAFF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GAO Contact -- Acknowledgments -- GAO's Mission -- Obtaining Copies of GAO Reports and Testimony -- Order by Phone -- To Report Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Federal Programs -- Congressional Relations -- Public Affairs -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 NASA COST MANAGEMENT HEARING-SCOLESE TESTIMONY -- FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT -- POTENTIAL CAUSES OF COST GROWTH AND SCHEDULE DELAY -- HISTORICAL COST AND SCHEDULE STUDIES -- STEPS ALREADY TAKEN -- RECENT ACTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS: OVERVIEW, FY2009 BUDGET, AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS∗ -- SUMMARY -- AGENCY OVERVIEW -- NASA'S FY2009 BUDGET -- THE VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION -- NASA SCIENCE PROGRAMS -- NASA AERONAUTICS RESEARCH -- THE SPACE SHUTTLE AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION -- AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION -- End Notes -- Chapter 6 U.S. CIVILIAN SPACE POLICY PRIORITIES: REFLECTIONS 50 YEARS AFTER SPUTNIK∗ -- SUMMARY -- SPUTNIK AND AMERICA'S "SPUTNIK MOMENT.

WHY WAS SPUTNIK SO INFLUENTIAL? -- WHY IS SPUTNIK IMPORTANT TO TODAY'S POLICIES? -- WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES OF OTHER NATIONS AND THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR IN SPACE EXPLORATION? -- WHAT IS THE NATION'S CURRENT CIVILIAN SPACE POLICY? -- WHY INVEST IN SPACE EXPLORATION? -- WHAT IS THE PUBLIC'S ATTITUDE TOWARD SPACE EXPLORATION? -- WHAT ARE THE NATION'S PRIORITIES FOR CIVILIAN SPACE EXPLORATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE SPACE POLICY? -- CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITIES -- AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION -- APPENDIX. POSSIBLE U.S. CIVILIAN SPACE POLICY OBJECTIVES -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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