Muchof the shuttle’s business—launching the Hubbletelescope, putting up satellites, mapping the Earth—could have been donebyunmanned craft, at a fraction ofthe $174 billion theprogrammecost.
The knowledge and experience gathered in the first year of the programme has led to the development the Framework including the competence goals, guidelines for providers, and mapping and testing tools for each of the skills.
One of the main lessons learnt so far through the programme is the need for allocating enough time and resources to the process of information, motivation and need mapping.