NASA performs a variety of audits as part of its annual financial reporting, for example here's the 2012 report: https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/707292main_FY12%20AFR%20111512%20FI...
Perhaps it was one of these audits?
Perhaps it was one of these audits?
I brought it up because it more closely fit GP's "2012" timeline and shows that even before the audit in the article, there was good reason to doubt the future of the mission.
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