The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is being designed to explore the origins and nature of the universe. It should allow scientists to look deeper into space-and thus farther back in time-than ever before. The program, however, has experienced cost growth of more than $1 billion and its schedule has slipped nearly 2 years. NASA recently restructured the program and now anticipates a launch no sooner than June 2013. Because of the cost and schedule problems, under the Comptroller General's authority, we reviewed the JWST program to determine the extent to which this procurement follows NASA acquisition policy and GAO best practices for ensuring that adequate product knowledge is used to make informed investment decisions.


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    Title :

    NASA's James Webb Space Telescope: Knowledge-Based Acquisition Approach Key to Addressing Program Challenges


    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    40 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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