NASA officials have said their SLS mega-rocket program is "unaffordable."
Officials agree the SLS budget "needs to be improved," but it's not clear how, per a government report.
The exact costs are unclearThe GAO says NASA has spent $11.8 billion since 2011 on the development of the integrated SLS rocket.
NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft shown here being rolled of their assembly building ahead of the Artemis I mission.
NASA's SLS is an anomalyPart of the criticism for the SLS program is that it sticks out as a "bit of an anomaly" in NASA's latest approach to project development, Rosseau previously said.
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