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PSAD-80-15 1 (1980-01-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobababq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES NASA Should Provide The Congress Complete Cost Information On The Space Telescope Program NASA's space telescope will be the largest, most complex space observatory ever devel- oped. Life-cycle costs--$530 million in de- velopment costs, including $296 million for project reserves, and $600 million in opera- tions costs to the year 2000--total an esti- mated $1.1 billion. Excluded from the life-cycle estimate were civil service salaries, studies and support costs, and inflation. Had they been included, the total would have been about $2.2 billion. NASA's semiannual Space Telescope Project Status Report should fully disclose the amount and use of reserves in the program estimate and include all applicable program costs. The Congress would then be in a more informed position to determine the program's progress and outlook. a,, s 7,II 111195 009 '196 PSAD-80-15 JANUARY 3, 1980