Audit: NASA Lost Moon Buggy, Other Artifacts Due to Poor Policies

Audit: NASA Lost Moon Buggy, Other Artifacts Due to Poor Policies

Audit: NASA Lost Moon Buggy, Other Artifacts Due to Poor Policies







		According to federal researchers, after 60 years of space exploration, NASA could do a better job of tracking its history.

		The Office of the Inspector General of NASA (OIG), the independent research arm of the space agency, recently completed an audit of NASA's historical ownership and, following several high profile losses, has recommended that the agency adopt a more effective approach to identify and manage its spacecraft.

		"NASA's processes for lending and disposing of historic personal assets have improved over the past six decades, but former employees and contractors have lost, taken or taken a significant amount of historic personal property due to lack of adequate procedures in the agency, "OIG reported.

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		Promote, said researchersThe OIG's efforts to recover artifacts that have escaped NASA control have been "frustrated" by the "poorly maintained records of the space agency and the lack of established processes." 





						


A prototype lunar roving vehicle was found in a residential patio in Alabama in 2014, but it was sold before NASA took over the property. 

            						    Credit: NASA OIG / U.S. Air Force 




		Lunar bags and buggies.

		The OIG carried out its review of NASA's historical holdings as an extension of an eight-year evaluation of the Agency's aging infrastructure and facilities. The audit came shortly after several investigations into spacecraft for which NASA had a strong interest in recovering but, instead, were abandoned as a result of the agency's reluctance or inability to assert property quickly.

		In one such case, dating from 2015, a historian from the United States Air Force saw what he believed was a prototype lunar rover in a residential courtyard in Alabama. After reporting the finding to NASA, the case was referred to the OIG, which learned that the owner of the rover was willing to return the lunar cart to NASA.

		"The OIG asked NASA to take ownership of the vehicle and, if appropriate, make plans to accept it as a donation," the audit reports. "However, after waiting more than four months for a decision of the agency, the individual sold the vehicle to a scrap company."

		The new owner of the vehicle rejected the possible offer from NASA to buy the four-wheel buggy and instead they auctioned it for an undisclosed sum.

		In another example cited by the OIG, the fact that NASA has not maintained active control of its borrowed artifacts resulted in a Moon sample return bag since the first lunar landing, a federal judge ruled the private property and eventually sold for the most paid space artifact in a public auction. The bag had been loaned to a museum, but an inventory error led to its confiscation and subsequent sale as part of a robbery case overseen by the United States Marshals' Office.

		the Stained Apollo 11 moon dust bag Sold for $ 1.8 million in 2017.

		"In the past, the OIG has spent years working on such cases only for NASA to finally withdraw its interest in returning the property or for the court to decide the decision. existing owner had legitimate possession of the property, "the audit reported.





						


The manual rotation controller of the Apollo 11 command module was abandoned by NASA after a three-year recovery effort.

            						    Credit: RR Auction 




		Confusion and complications.

		In addition to other concerns, the OIG discovered that NASA's past actions to deliver or dispose of devices added confusion to efforts to recover federal property.

		During the first Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs of the 1960s, for example, astronauts were allowed to keep flying parts of spacecraft as memories without a documented procedure for the release of the items. Decades later, when those same astronauts started selling their collections, the lack of paperwork led to a confrontation between the OIG and the NASA veterans. To solve the problem, Congress had to approve. Legislation that affirms the title of the astronauts. to your memories.

		But even that 2012 law left open questions. His supervisor ordered an employee who had the task of preparing artifacts for presentation to astronauts to discard a set of manual spacecraft controllers at the end of the Apollo program, including One used to fly the Apollo 11 crew. to the moon. The employee, on the other hand, took the artifacts home and years later tried to sell them at auction.

		"When NASA learned of the sale, it sought the return of the controllers," the OIG said. "[But] After three years, NASA suspended its search for the items. "

		The OIG report acknowledged that NASA has made improvements to its policies, for example, in the way it managed the disposal of the artifacts in the End of the space shuttle program. in 2011, but recommended that the agency develop more complete procedures to maintain its assets, including the decision as to whether it is the "most effective owner" and what property the space agency retains due to its historical value.



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