NASA Inspector General Audit Raises Rocket Propulsion Test Concerns

NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire test on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi in 2023.

Credit: NASA Office of Inspector General
HOUSTON—Much of NASA’s rocket propulsion testing (RPT) infrastructure is aging and requires significant and costly maintenance, while facing lessened demand due to increased space industry commercialization and flat budgets, an Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit says. Released Sept. 24, the 27...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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