Contractor blamed by watchdog for late SPIDER arm work
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"We found that project cost increases and schedule delays were primarily due to the poor performance of Maxar … and its inability to provide the spacecraft bus and SPIDER in accordance with contract requirements," inspectors concluded in their "Maxar significantly underestimated the scope and complexity of the work involved in tailoring a commercial spacecraft bus to meet NASA standards and OSAM-1 mission requirements," the OIG said.
"The spacecraft recently arrived at Goddard Space Flight Center to begin integration and testing," NASA spokesperson Jimi Russell told."While spacecraft integration is happening, other parts of the project are coming together but some schedule delays are possible due to remaining technical challenges."
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