This report is a result of an investigation into NASA's April 1994 estimated cost of $475 million for a Titan 4-Centaur launch of the Cassini spacecraft. The goal of the investigation was to determine the extent to which cost saving opportunities exist. The Air Force agreement to provide NASA with an expendable launch vehicle for this project prompted the analyses of Air Force as well as NASA documents, including memoranda of agreement, estimated and negotiated costs, funding and budget data, the mission integration contract, and launch and production schedules. Since the initial call to investigate, the cost estimate has been reduced by NASA to $452 million, principally because a reduction of the estimate of mission integration costs. The investigation determined a further reduction in overall cost may be possible because NASA completed its negotiation of the mission integration contract for $15 million less than estimated. However, cost savings in other areas of the Cassini launch are unlikely, and some of NASA's costs could increase. A briefing section details these findings.


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    Title :

    Briefing Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, House of Representatives. Cassini Mission: Estimated Launch Costs for NASA's Mission to Saturn


    Contributors:
    F. Degnan (author) / R. H. Denmark (author) / S. D. Gove (author)

    Publication date :

    1995


    Size :

    33 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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