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MASAD-82-43 1 (1982-08-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmnl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C-- 11<2 K UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MISSION ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION B-205335 AUGUST 12,1982 The Honorable Harrison H. Schmitt United States Senate Dear Senator Schmitt: Subject: Evaluation of NASA Comments On GAO Report MASAD-82-14 Consolidated Space Operations Center Lacks Adequate DOD Planning (GAO/MASAD-82-43) As requested in your letter of July 28, 1982, we have evalu- ated the unsolicited comments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on our report entitled, Consolidated Space Operations Center Lacks Adequate DOD Planning (MASAD-82-14, Jan. 29, 1982). Our review dealt specifically with the Department of Defense activities, and its interrelationship with the NASA- managed Space Transportation System was a secondary issue. In this regard, NASA's comments relative to Johnson Space Center are welcomed, and we believe appropriate, concerning its plans and capabilities. While we find NASA's comments informative as to its own plans, no new information was provided that change our findings regarding the Air Force's planned development of a Consolidated Space Operations Center. We find NASA's views support our conten- tion that the Air Force planning is not adequate to begin con- struction of a Shuttle Operation and Planning Complex (SOPC) at this time. We still recommend that only the Satellite Operations Complex (SOC) be replicated on an interim basis to provide appro- priate backup for the Satellite Control Facility in Sunnyvale, California. SOPC, in our opinion, is not time critical. NASA's letter also raises questions as to the planning inter- face it has with the Air Force; namely, NASA appears to support the contention that the Air Force is not bound to any particular computer for SOPC. However, the Air Force will essentially be locked-in sole-source procurement if only NASA software is used. Further, NASA projects cost savings by the sole-source procure- ment of equipment similar to theirs. We have found that, histori- cally, preselection of computers (before requirements are known) has invariably led to less than satisfactory system developments. (954052)

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