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The '''Advanced Launch System''' (ALS) was a joint [[USAF]] and [[NASA]] study from 1987 to 1990 that began during the post-Challenger period. Colonel John R. Wormington (Brig. Gen., USAF, Retd.) was assigned as program director of the Joint Department of Defense and 'NASA Advanced Launch System Program' Office located in Los Angeles, CA AFB.

==The program==

==ThassignedThe '''ALS''' was a joint USAF and NASA study from 1987 to 1990 that began during the post-challenger period. Colonel John R. Wormington (Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.) was assigned as Program Director of the Joint Department of Defense and NASA Advanced Launch System Program Office, located at Los Angeles, CA AFB; Lt Col Michael C. Mushala (Maj. Gen., USAF, Ret.) was assigned as his Deputy Program Director.

Mushala was promoted to Colonel in October 1989 and became Program Director when Wormington was reassigned as commander of the Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick AFB, FL in February 1990. Mushala closed out the program, and the System Program Office (SPO) was disbanded in July 1990. With the remaining propulsion development efforts being managed by NASA alone. Although the project had a projected [[Research_and_development|R&D]] cost of $15 billion, its early cancellation led to a final cost slightly under $3 billion.