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NASA Ready To Cancel Clark
Washington DC - Dec 23, 1997 - 
Washington DC - Dec 23, 1997 - The U.S. space agency, fed up with more than a year of delays in preparing the second of two Small Satellite Technology
Initiative (SSTI) research spacecraft, has decided to recommend to NASA administrator Daniel S. Goldin that the project be cancelled, according to NASA sources.The so-called "Clark" science satellite has been marooned awaiting its Lockheed Martin launch vehicle since an original fall 1996 launch date, which has repeatedly slipped for months at a time, most recently projected for final launch in the April-May, 1998 time frame. The space agency's program review board last summer said that a spring '98 lift-off date would be o.k. But sources tell SpaceCast the review board, meeting at nearby Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Friday, received a report that the Lockheed booster won't be ready until August at the earliest. Worse still, the delay will push the cost overruns beyond the Goldin-mandated maximum of 15%. Programs that run more than that amount over budget should be cancelled, in a formula set down by Goldin in 1994. The administrator was to make his recommendation known late Friday, but no word was received from the space agency spokespersons as SpaceCast went to press. According to reports from the space agency, research equipment aboard the satellite might not be able to survive extended storage of the satellite until August, and could need replacement or refurbishment, driving the cost of the stalled mission even higher.
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