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DATE: SUNDAY, July 8, 1990                   TAG: 9007080166
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

NASA PAID BONUSES FOR HUBBLE

The government overpaid as much as $1 million in bonuses to two Hubble Space Telescope contractors for their cost-control efforts on the device, which has been a major headache for NASA, a magazine reported Saturday.

Congressional Quarterly reported in its July 7 edition that the overpayments occurred at the same time costs for the expensive telescope were rising dramatically. The original cost estimate for the Hubble was $678 million, but its final price tag was more than $1.5 billion.

The magazine said information about the bonus was contained in a July 1989 audit report by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's office of inspector general. The material was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Lockheed received $14.4 million in bonuses and Hughes-Danbury was paid $6 million in bonuses through April 30, 1987, the report said. - Associated Press 


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