
- 2.5 times more expensive than original contract
- Completion delayed at least 2.5 years
- Additional cost overruns and delays likely
by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
Bechtel’s $383 million project to build a second mobile launcher (ML-2) for NASA’s Artemis moon program has ballooned to at least $960.1 million while completion has slipped more than two years from March 2023 to October 2025, according to a new Office of Inspector General (IG) report. And more delays are highly likely.
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