NASA Inspector General issues harsh report on delayed SLS mobile launcher project

An artist rendering of crawler-transporter 2, with the mobile launcher 2 and Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B atop, as it makes its way to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in preparation for liftoff. T.

NASA's effort to return humans to the moon have been hit with another critical report on its progress.

The NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a scathing report on the Mobile Launcher 2 (ML-2) project. ML-2 is needed to transport NASA's enormous Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket to the launch pad.