Book Description

In 1984 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) instituted a program to assemble a research station in space. Since that time major changes in the space station's design, cost, and schedule have occurred. As a result of these changes and the apparent instability of the program, the former Chairman, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, asked GAO to provide information on: annual changes in the space station's design, estimated cost, and schedule since 1985; the annual budget requests and resulting congressional funding for the space station for fiscal years 1985-91; and the impact of NASA's 1989 program review on the space station's cost and capabilities.