NASA IG Blames Poor Planning For SLS Test Stand Cost Growth

Credit: SLS booster test: NASA/Bill Ingalls
HOUSTON—NASA, moving aggressively to meet an initial target date set by Congress for the first launch of the Space Launch System (SLS), invested nearly twice the original $40.5 million estimate for the construction of tank test stands, according to the agency’s inspector general. The complex...

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