Recession Hits NASA Too, May Start with Outsourcing for Solving the Economic Crisis
Posted on | August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment
The U.S. space agency is dealing with money crisis in this economic slowdown and therefore, NASA is planning to outsource its additional tasks to the contractors. Though nothing has been officially decided by the US president, but several government officials claims that many of the NASA backed missions might be carried out by the private sectors.
All the space shuttle launches are presently made by the government expenses but the current situations has resulted into cost constraints and therefore, several anticipated missions might be withheld. At the same time, outsourcing the work to private sector will enable the government to save between $30 billion to $50 billion.
Dr. Sally Ride said that NASA “just can’t get there,” when talking about the plan to go back to the moon. NASA has an outline plan to return to the moon by 2025 but enough funds are not available.
The funds available right now are generally used up for the International Space Station. However, the decision regarding appointing the contractors will remain in confusion unless the president makes up his mind.
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November 20th, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
Wow… recession is just oh… don’t words for the same now…
NASA outsourcing additional task should be good for it.. as it will cut costs… if it is not fixed by NASA then i would say please do the same ….
Save money…