Kyle Herring/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington                               Dec. 20, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-4504/1600)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-76

NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL RELEASES SPACE STATION RECOMMENDATIONS

     The NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Wednesday sent a letter to 
Acting NASA Administrator Dr. Daniel R. Mulville with its 
recommendations for the management and future development of the 
International Space Station.

The findings come nearly two weeks after the NAC was presented with 
the results of The International Space Station Management and Cost 
Evaluation (IMCE) Task Force. The IMCE was chartered to perform an 
independent external review of the space station program.

NASA will have no formal comment on the NAC's findings until the 
Administrator and senior agency management have an opportunity to do 
a comprehensive assessment of the advisory council's 
recommendations.

The full NAC report is available on the Internet at:

          http://www.nasa.gov/newsinfo/nac122001.html

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