Space Science: Causes and Impacts of Cutbacks to NASA's Outer Solar System Exploration Missions

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF)/Cassini Program, focusing on the: (1) factors that led to the cancellation of the CRAF project; and (2) prospects for continuation of the Cassini project.