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PSAD-79-59 1 (1979-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaywo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNIr WAGNINGTON. D.C. SMU4 B-183134 byioLEASED o,_ rED STATErs March 16, 1979 ...n T-eral -A. approval To The Honorable Edmund S. Muskie, Chairman, and The Honorable Henry Bellmon, Ranking Minority Member, Committee on the Budget United States Senate Your January 25, 1979, letter requested information on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ,-0*36 fiscal year 1979 supplemental request of $185 million for the Space Shuttle Program. NASA estimates that denial of this request would delay the first Shuttle launch date of November 1979 by 6 or more months and would cause substantial increases in required Federal funding of the Space Shuttle during fiscal years 1980-84. Because of severe time constraints and the complexity of the issue, we discussed with your Office what information we could provide on or about March 16, 1979. We agreed that we would submit information on the following matters: --NASA's justification for the $185 million supplemental request. --NASA's rationale in arriving at the $400 million to $600 million cost increase should the request be denied. --The rationale behind the $787 million additional costs should the request be 108g982 denied. --Alternatives to granting the $185 million request. The justification for the request and the rationale for the cost increases are discussed in the following sections of this letter and are discussed in more detail in enclosures I through III. As requested by your Office, a summary of our previous reports on the Space Transportation System is contained in enclosure IV. With respect to alternatives, the Congress might consider (1) granting the supplemental request -- PSAD-79-59 (952237 ,, v 4,4/9