Centaur Cost, Schedule and Performance Review
Abstract
The Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives (99th Congress) met on 21-23 May 1985 to perform a cost, schedule and performance review of the Space Shuttle/Centaur Program. Excessive costs, amounting to more than 100 million dollars were attributed by the Subcommittee to government indecision, contracting delays, launch schedule pressures, and breakdowns in engineering and management systems at NASA and the contractor. The Centaur G-Prime vehicles were to be available for the Galileo Mission to Jupiter and the International Solar Polar Mission, but scheduled for launch in May - June 1986. However, this schedule cannot be met, and the next Jupiter launch window is not until July 1987.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985STIN...8620461.
- Keywords:
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- Atlas Centaur Launch Vehicle;
- Centaur Launch Vehicle;
- Congressional Reports;
- Cost Analysis;
- Nasa Space Programs;
- Space Shuttle Missions;
- Galileo Project;
- Jupiter (Planet);
- Ulysses Mission;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles