Editorial: Drawing a Line on Cost Growth

Upon taking the helm of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in March, Alan Stern promised a get-tough policy for projects and managers that fail to live up to their budgetary promises. Specifically, he said, missions whose costs spiral out of control will face termination, as will principal investigators who allow this to happen on their watch

Upon taking the helm of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in March, Alan Stern promised a get-tough policy for projects and managers that fail to live up to their budgetary promises. Specifically, he said, missions whose costs spiral out of control will face termination, as will principal investigators who allow this to happen on their watch.