{"id":3983,"date":"2013-08-15T20:26:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T20:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3983"},"modified":"2013-08-15T20:26:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T20:26:58","slug":"space-policy-nasa-ig-warns-of-overruns-and-delays-for-orion-crew-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3983","title":{"rendered":"Space policy: NASA IG warns of overruns and delays for Orion crew module"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even with five\u00a0 billion dollars spent already on the the Orion capsule, it will still need a billion dollars a year for many more years :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/36804nasa-audit-warns-more-delays-cost-growth-are-possible-for-orion\" target=\"_d\">NASA Audit Warns More Delays, Cost Growth are Possible for Orion &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/nasa-ig-worries-about-incremental-orion-development-approach\" target=\"_d\">NASA IG Worries About Programmatic Risk to Orion Due To Funding Constraints<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oig.nasa.gov\/audits\/reports\/FY13\/IG-13-022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NASA&#8217;s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (IG-13-022) &#8211; NASA OIG\u00a0 (pdf) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oig.nasa.gov\/Video\/MPVC08-15-2013.html\" target=\"_d\">Video: Audit of NASA&#8217;s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle &#8211; NASA Office of Inspector General<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Five billion is far more than will be spent on the Commercial Crew Program, which by 2015-16 will have two and perhaps three crew vehicles ready for flight. Orion&#8217;s deep space capability in no way justifies that huge difference in cost. The SpaceX Dragon and the Boeing CST-100 as well are plenty capable of deep space missions.<\/p>\n<p>A combo of a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/dragon\" target=\"_d\">Dragon <\/a> with an inflatable habitat module such as that from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigelowaerospace.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bigelow Aerospace<\/a> is the transportation architecture of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/inspirationmars.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Inspiration Mars<\/a> mission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with five\u00a0 billion dollars spent already on the the Orion capsule, it will still need a billion dollars a year for many more years : NASA Audit Warns More Delays, Cost Growth are Possible for Orion &#8211; SpaceNews.com NASA IG Worries About Programmatic Risk to Orion Due To Funding Constraints NASA&#8217;s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3983\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy: NASA IG warns of overruns and delays for Orion crew module<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-12f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22239,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22239","url_meta":{"origin":3983,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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