GAO Commends NASA's Management of COTS Program, Worries About Aggressive Schedule

GAO Commends NASA's Management of COTS Program, Worries About Aggressive Schedule

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on June 16 that commends NASA for its management of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. At the same time, it expresses concern about the aggressive schedules towards which both COTS contractors — SpaceX and Orbital — are working and recently experienced delays. The study, “NASA: Commercial Partners Are Making Progress, but Face Aggressive Schedules to Demonstrate Critical Space Station Cargo Transport Capabilities,” was performed at the request of Congress.

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