3, 2, 1…Liftoff of Our 2015 Assessment of NASA’s Major Space Projects!
Each year, we report on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) major projects. Last week, we issued our latest “Quick Look” report, with updates on projects that are expected to...
View ArticleEyes in the Sky | Could We Be Headed for Less Accurate Weather Forecasts?
Satellites are critical for timely forecasts and warnings of extreme weather events. But, as we’ve discussed before, some of these satellites are aging and should be replaced. The National Oceanic and...
View ArticleNASA’s Plans for Human Space Exploration (podcast)
In the 1960s, NASA had Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo to get humans to the moon. Today, the agency has the Orion multipurpose crew capsule and the Space Launch System, which could potentially get...
View ArticleWhere No Auditor Has Gone Before
It’s Star Trek’s 50th anniversary—it first took viewers “where no man has gone before” in 1966. Since then, the Enterprise and its sister ships have spent much of their time at warp speeds, saving...
View ArticleDo the Oscars Make You Think of Federal Policy? Yeah, Us Too.
We think about our reports all the time—even when we watch movies. As a tribute to our single-mindedness, today’s WatchBlog is all about how our work relates to this year’s Oscar-nominated films. So,...
View ArticleNASA Commercial Crew Program (podcast)
NASA contracted with Boeing and SpaceX to produce vehicles to transport astronauts to the International Space Station. But first, NASA has to certify that the vehicles meet its technical requirements...
View ArticleMay the Fourth Be Well Insured
You should have pretty good insurance before handing your car keys to Han Solo. While we don’t have insights into the Millennium Falcon’s insurance policy, the federal government has helped the...
View ArticleA “Quick Look” at DOD, NASA, and DHS Acquisitions
For the past 15 years, we’ve been reviewing the federal government’s largest acquisition programs in our “Quick Looks”—and our latest reports featured the Department of Defense, NASA, and the...
View ArticleAfter Showing Improvement, Trends for NASA’s Major Projects Slip Back
Every year, we look at NASA’s major projects to see how well they’re making progress against their cost and schedule goals—which we call our “Quick Look” review. This year, these projects included a...
View ArticleNASA Celebrates Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago this Saturday, humankind took a giant leap as NASA astronauts took their first small steps on the Moon. In today’s WatchBlog, we discuss some of NASA’s recent advancements since that...
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