An Agency Trying to Do Too Much with Too Little

Any comments of Section 5 of the CAIB report?

In particular Sections 5.3 – 5.8 ?

In the conclusions there is the statement :
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"The Program was operating too close to too many margins.
The Board also finds that recent modest increases in the
Shuttle Program's budget are necessary and overdue steps
toward providing the resources to sustain the program for its
now-extended lifetime. Similarly, NASA has recently recognized
that providing an adequately sized and appropriately
trained workforce is critical to the agency's future success."

Hmmm… this seems more a problem for the White House and the Congress than Nasa.

If proper resources are not provided .... what should happen?

"Al Jackson" wrote in message

.... If proper resources are not provided .... what should happen?

Eliminate programs.

A tough-minded, no-nonsense, damn-the-torpedoes, to-hell-with-my-career NASA
administrator must tell Congress and the White House what programs can be
safely undertaken and completed with present resources and what programs
must be cancelled and which centers must be closed.