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B-146804 1 (1973-03-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaggw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 41 )t 0 - -s UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS LM096433 DIVISION B-146804 MAR19 1973 The Honorable James C. Fletcher Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dear Mr. Fletcher: Between May 1963 and July 1971, the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center paid Aero Spacelines, Inc., about $21.9 million to airlift outsized cargo on two specially 1uilt .aixc.raft. During our review of ctiW eed to Aero Spacelines x_ setvi ,srv , we observed that thbC n&etr .qto r. Officials of the Center have indicated that they will review such costs. We therefore plan no further reporting at this time. BACKGROUND The National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) initiated the Saturn program in 1958. Large vehicle-booster stages were to be constructed for the program in plants located substantial distances from the launch sites. Aero Spacelines was organized in 1961 to provide special-purpose aircraft to transport such outsized cargo. In October 1962 Aero Spacelines advised NASA that its first air- craft--the Pregnant Guppy--was available. This aircraft was capable of transporting cargoes weighing up to 29,000 pounds and measuring up to 19-1/2 feet in diameter and 60 feet long. Most of the Saturn booster components were within these dimensions. In August 1965 Aero Spacelines completed the Super Guppy which could haul those Saturn stages and other space hardware which were too large for the Pregnant Guppy. It could trans- port cargoes weighing up to 39,000 pounds and measuring up to 24-1/2 feet in diameter and 60 feet long.

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