These folks are not kind to the ISS project management.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1723000/1723119.stm

The council said the agency had failed to make its scientific priorities clear and should do so immediately.

"Given this lack of clarity," Mr Kennel wrote, "it is not surprising that there is little public understanding of why the United States is building" the station.

Uncompromising criticism

The council has issued its opinions after studying the results of the International Space Station Management and Cost Evaluation (IMCE) Task Force.

The IMCE was asked to perform an independent external review of the space station programme.

The panel was uncompromising in its criticism of what it said were serious flaws in the agency's management.