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Status and Issues Pertaining to the Proposed DeveLopment of thz
Space Telescope Project. PSAD-77-98. May 4, 1977. 45 pp.
Peport to the Congress; by EImer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Science and Technology: Management and Oversight of
Programs (2004) ; Federal Procurement of Gocds and Services:
Notifying the Ccrgress of Statts of Important Procurement
Programs (1c05).
Contact: Piocurement and Systems Acquisition Div.
Budget Functicn: General Science, Space, and Technology: Space
Science, Adplications, and Technology (254$); General
Science, Space, and Technology: Manned Space Flight (253);
International Affairs: foreign Information and Exchange
Activities (153).
Organizaticn Concerned: National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
CongressKornal Relevance: House Committee on Science and
Teclr'ology; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Tra spertaticn; Ccngrezs.
The Space Telescope Project will develop a complex
space otservatory with the objectives of serving the scientific
comimunity and extending kncwledge of the universe. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) estimates for
Project costs have increased because of inflation factors and
inclusion cf changes in scope and administrative costs.
Findings/Conclusicns: NASA has not prepared a l.fecycle cost
estimate for the telescope. In addition to excluded development
costs of $227.2 million, operation costs of $709.4 million
should be included in estimates, which would bring the lifecycle
cost to about $1.4 billion. Technical uncertainties still
remaining eceal with component development, stabilization
control, coaitaminaticn effects, thermal control, and testing
limitations. Internetional cooperation has not been formally
achieved, but negotiations are in the final steges. NASA is
plarning an institute to manage observation programs during the
operational phase. Recommendations: The NASA Administrator
should provide to Congress a lifecycle cost estimate, and submit
periodic project status reports if telescope development is
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