Thinking Back - Looking AheadExcerpt from "New Moon Rising", by Frank Sietzen, Jr. Steeling her emotions with grace and clarity, she spoke elegantly and briefly. She thanked all for coming. And then she talked of her husband, and the flight of the lost shuttle. Day of Remembrance - Jan. On this solemn occasion, we pause in our normal routines and remember the STS Columbia crew; the STSL Challenger crew; the Apollo 1 crew; Mike Adams, the first in-flight fatality of the space program as he piloted the X No.

Aeromedical Lessons Learned from the STS Columbia Space Shuttle Mishap. These lessons were presented to limited audiences at three separate Aerospace Medical Association AsMA conferences. As we are embarking on the development of new spacefaring vehicles through both government and commercial efforts, the NASA Johnson Space Center Space Life Sciences Directorate SLSD 1 proceeded to make this information available to a wider audience engaged in the design and development of future space vehicles.

Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center Opens in Downey, CaliforniaChallenger Center for Space Science Education. The facility is a memorial to the crews of both the space shuttle Columbia, lost inand Challenger, lost in Among the Center's diverse program offerings will be a Challenger Learning Center, where students will fly simulated space missions.

The Downey location joins 46 other locations in the growing international network of Challenger Learning Centers that fly hundreds of thousands of students every year. Thinking Back - Looking Ahead. But they were set along familiar themes that Americans have come to know as traditional.

But on the day following the dedication, a memorial was held in Washington, DC which marked a wholly different national tradition. Several hundred invited guests gathered at the Embassy of Israel on that cold, wet night to remember Ilan Ramon. Daniel Ayalon, Israel's Ambassador to the United States began the event by recalling his pride at the launch of the mission.

He talked of Ilan as the son of a holocaust survivor, a veteran of many dangerous missions in the defense of the Israeli nation, and the country's first astronaut. His story, he said, epitomized the story of Israel and the Jewish people. The entire country had been waiting for Columbia to return, and Ayalon said, the pain of its loss would always be with them.

Understanding Columbia's LossSpaceRef. However, by the very nature of how we currently send humans into space and return them to Earth, there is a substantial amount of risk involved. Much of that risk has been identified and is manageable.

But not all of it. Of course, when you hear this discussion, someone inevitably says that the only way to make these things risk free is not to do them. NASA Space Shuttle and Constellation Program Actions Resulting From SCSIIT Recommendations. The Columbia Report, Part 1FreeSpace, Discovery News The Columbia Report, Part 2FreeSpace, Discovery News NASA releases post-Columbia crew survival studySpaceflight Now NASA: Columbia crew equipment didn't work wellNewsDay NASA to change spacecraft due to Columbia tragedyHuntsville Times New Report on 03 Disaster Details How Astronauts DiedNY Times NASA faults equipment in Columbia shuttle disasterCNN Columbia crew had no chance, new NASA report saysReuters New Report Details Columbia Accident, Recommends ImprovementsUniverse Today New NASA report details final minutes of ColumbiaAP.

NASA TV to Air Columbia Crew Remembrance Service "NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation's remembrance service honoring space shuttle Columbia's STS crew.

The ceremony will be held at the Space Mirror Memorial on the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at 10 a. Planetarium to Honor Life of Fallen Arlington Son - Captain David M. Brown "The Arlington School Board unanimously approved a recommendation to name the Planetarium in honor of Captain David M. Captain Brown, a Yorktown High School graduate, died while serving as a mission specialist on the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission on February 1, In NovemberArlington Public Schools received a letter from Arlington resident George Wysor, a childhood friend and classmate of Brown's and an APS alumnus, requesting that the APS planetarium be renamed in memory of Captain Brown.

A Strong Push From BackstageWashington Post "When the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas on Feb. That left Cheney to make the first critical decisions about the future of manned spaceflight. Even as the vice president and others were grappling with the invasion of Iraq, Cheney crafted a solution to the most pressing problem facing the space program, said former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe, a Cheney protege.

The space agency recruited former FBI Director William Webster, also a former federal judge, to act as a mediator and adviser in negotiating the out-of-court settlements, according to documents released to the Orlando Sentinel through a federal Freedom of Information Act request.

Spacehab Dismisses RDM Claim With NASA "SPACEHAB, Incorporated, a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced that the Company has filed for a formal dismissal with prejudice of all litigation against NASA relating to losses incurred by SPACEHAB as a result of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident.

Like father, like sonynetnews. Geological Survey "Names for seven craters in the Apollo basin on the Moon have been provisionally approved by the IAU to honor the seven Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts. Thinking Back - Looking Ahead "Our mission in space is not over," Rona Ramon told the hushed audience.

Statue honors fallen hero photoSpokesman Review "Spokane astronaut Michael P. Anderson has been eulogized as a humble, deeply religious and inspirational man who lived out his dream.

For the past year, local artist Dorothy Fowler has used those descriptions to help her create an 8-foot-high, pound bronze statue of Anderson. Israeli forensic expert solves mystery of Ilan Ramon's diaryIsrael21C "Little did [Sharon] Brown, a superintendent in the Israel Police Division of Identification and Forensic Science, realize that a year later, she would play an integral role in reconstructing the last days of Ramon's life aboard the shuttle.

Spacehab Announces Dismissal of Lloyds of London Complaint "Spacehab today announced that Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London have agreed to drop their complaint against the Company and join with Spacehab in pursuit of its claims with NASA for reimbursement of loss for its Research Double Module in the STS Space Shuttle Columbia accident. Summary of the Office of Inspector General's Reviews on Aspects of NASA's Response to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report "During our reviews, performed from September through Maywe identified no significant issues or problems that would indicate an unnacceptable risk for returning the space shuttle to flight that the SSP is not already engaged in solving.

Echoes of ColumbiaOrlando Sentinel "Laurel Clark's husband, Jon, still works for NASA as a neurologist but says he plans to retire to write a revelatory book about the Columbia catastrophe, and the need for a far more dramatic shift in the way NASA operates. The shuttle featured in the commercial isColumbia and I do not have to tell you how much in poor taste this is. I realize that not everyone will recognize that it is Columbia, but for those of us who do especially the families of the astronauts it is offensive.

I have e-mailed Onstar and I just wanted to pass this on to you in case you wanted to share it. Dominic Catholic Church, E Street, S. All members of the NASA Family are invited to attend a non-denominational memorial service for the crew of STS on Feb. The service will take place Tuesday from NASA Day of Remembrance Scheduled Jan. Looking back at the news coverage of this event, I find it somewhat annoying that nearly all of the news accounts focus only on astronauts who died in their spacecraft - not on the many others who were remembered: Yet their mention by NASA on Thursday made few if any news reports.

For example, Florida Today made no mention of these others who died. I find it hard to understand why these others were not mentioned given that their faces and names were featured to the same extent as were those of the Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia crews during an event televised from NASA Headquarters. Indeed, if you read the memo sent out across NASA, the word 'astronaut' does not even appear.

Instead "NASA employees" is used:. NASA Haughton-Mars Project Space Shuttle Columbia Inukshuk Memorials "To honor the memory of the seven astronauts of Space Shuttle Columbia's last flight the NASA Haughton-Mars Project HMP has established seven astronaut memorial sites on Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic, during the summer field seasons of and Arctic Memorials and Starship Yearnings "Our task was a somewhat solemn one.

We were here to erect a memorial to Columbia astronaut Michael Anderson. The memorials take the form of an inukshuk, a stone sculpture in rough human form used by the Inuit to mark territory. These stone structures serve as reference points for those who traverse this desolate place.

Challenger - A Flight Surgeon RemembersDr. Sanity "On January 28,I was at Cape Canaveral in Florida. As a NASA Flight Surgeon, I had been assigned as the Crew Surgeon for Mission L noone really wanted the job since many disapproved of having a civilian--the teacher in space--fly on a space mission.

Deadly space lessons go unheededMSNBC "NASA prefers to literally bury the wreckage in underground concrete crypts, to shove the investigation reports onto another bookshelf, and to allocate one day per year to honoring the dead while ignoring what killed them the other days. On 30 October President Bush signed into law H. Large piece of shuttle found in Newton CountyLuftin Daily News "A large piece of space shuttle Columbia debris found recently is a part of the crew compartment, possibly including the escape hatch, a NASA official said Wednesday.

The six-foot-long piece containing a hinged window was found in Newton County by Jason Sebesta, a wildlife biologist with Temple-Inland Inc. Columbia Accident Lessons AffirmedBrig Gen Duane W.

The saddest part is that some in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA had simply not absorbed, or had forgotten, these lessons; the result was the deaths of seven astronauts and two helicopter search team members, as well as the intense scrutiny of a formerly exalted agency.

NASA to Name Supercomputer after Columbia Astronaut Kalpana Chawla. The dedication ceremony will be held May 12 at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

I didn't realize this at the time that I posted them, mainly because when the Air Force asked for clarification during the process, I specifically told them that I wasn't requesting photos of the Columbia astronauts, only military personnel killed overseas. One of the tricks for writing successful Freedom of Information Act requests is to make your request as narrow as possible.

I was afraid that including the astronauts in the request would give the Air Force another excuse not to release the photos. Quite a marked difference from the battlefield dead, who are swept under the rug by the Pentagon. Columbia Crew Mistakenly Identified as Iraqi War DeadNASA HQ. DOD Misidentifies Photos of Columbia Crew Remains Ariving at Dover AFB as Being Iraq War DeadSpaceRef. You see, that is Deputy NASA Administrator Fred Gregory in the light brown slacks and dark jacket standing to the left of the honor guard.

Columbia Crew Coffins Mistaken for Caskets of U. Military CasualtiesSpace. Space-shuttle victims misidentified as Iraq dead in some photosDelawareonline. Columbia crew remains mistaken for war deadFlorida Today. NASA officials said CNN was one of "many" news outlets that misidentified photos of caskets containing remains of the Columbia astronauts. Photos included images of shuttle astronauts' coffinsOrlando Sentinel.

Commander Rick Husband and payload commander Michael Anderson were in the Air Force; pilot Willie McCool and mission specialists David Brown and Laurel Clark were in the Navy; and Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon was in his country's air force.

But the astronauts were brought to Dover because of their association with NASA, as were the seven members of the Challenger crew, in Bush Criticizes the Release of Photos of Soldier CoffinsNY Times. Among the news organizations that used the incorrect photographs were CNN, The Associated Press, Reuters and The Washington Post.

The Washington Post has printed a photo on page A10 of Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory on the tarmac at Dover AFB with the caption "About photos of coffins at Dover Air Force Base were released under the Freedom of Information Act". No one in the photo is identified - nor is the date of the photo or the event noted. Reuters also distributed a photo correction posted of the Columbia crew remains without identifying it as such - instead captioning it as "Coffins of U.

AP has a screen grab of the first page of photos - all of which are of Columbia crew remains. AP titles the image as "A page from the Memory Hole. NASA and CNN are aware of this and I expect that the photos in question won't be running again. Apparently the original FOIA request was filed for all images of coffins at Dover between February and the present and apparently these Columbia images were included.

Families of Columbia astronauts arrive in Israel for emotional visitIsrael Insider. Remarks by Sean O'Keefe, STS Crew Memorial Ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery. They will look at the astronauts' memorial and then they will turn their gaze to the skies, their hearts filled with gratitude for these seven brave explorers who helped blaze our trail to the stars. Keith Cowing's Devon Island Journal: Arctic Memorials and Starship Yearnings.

Given the sheer mass of the structure, and the slow manner with which things change here, this inukshuk may well be standing years from now. That should be long enough.

Maybe someone serving on a starship will think to visit it. Lampson Leads Floor Tribute to Columbia Crew. Instead, I believe that they would want us to reflect on the cause for which they gave their lives: And I have no doubt that they would want us to rededicate ourselves to the task of ensuring that this nation continues that exploration.

STS Columbia Memorial Dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery. NASA Dedicates Mars Landmarks to Columbia Crew. Columbia Memorial Dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery. NASA Dedicates Columbia Memorial 28 January Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Memorialized on Mars 27 January Martian Landmarks Dedicated to Apollo 1 Crew 6 January NASA Memorializes Space Shuttle Columbia Crew on Mars.

Within minutes of entering the uppermost regions of Earth's atmosphere, Columbia began to disintegrate. As it sped through the edge of space pieces began to shower down across Texas and Louisiana. Thousands of eyes watched from backyards. Millions watched on TV as Columbia broke into pieces. Just as Columbia ceased to exist, in the days and weeks following this tragedy, many soon began to fear that America's space program would suffer much the same fate.

NASA Sources Sought Notice: International Space Station Organizational Behavior Analysis. They should be looking at behavior other centers as well. Much to my surprise I actually got the following email from someone larc. Personally, I thought it was way over the top for cheeziness. A group of us watching the game were about ready to throw up. Wonder how much tax money went into that PR extravaganza.

How many times is NASA going to evoke the memory of dead astronauts? I have long stopped thinking they are doing it out of any respect for the families. Too many other good people die every day and these people hardly qualify for sainthood.

I just got this response: Cowing, Saw you posted my view from my office at LaRC. I don't mind that but your implication that somehow I need my attitiude adjusted was rather insulting. NASA technical people do a lot of great things but the NASA PR machine is a beast that drives way too much of the Agency's thinking.

I do appreciate the anonymity you maintain as LaRC managers would likely want my head for my comments if they are not reading e-mail that goes to your site. Trying to still enjoy your site but I am finding a serious slant toward man in space to make me concerned about its objectivity. To which I replied: Clark's comments - and then take the buyout.

NASA would be far better off without you. Strangers linked by Columbia tragedyAP. NASA won't bury memory of Columbia failureHouston Chronicle. At Memorial, NASA Chief Reflects on Fatal ErrorsAP. He says he sees and hears enough to know that resistance persists in NASA. Super Sunday To Be Bittersweet For NASA AstronautsWRAL. Military planes also will fly over Reliant Stadium in the "Missing Man" formation. Sean O'Keefe, speaking in a Senate hearing, said that the Opportunity landing site will be dedicated to the Challenger crew later today.

A year after shuttle tragedy, NASA aims higherCNN. The seeds of the plan -- the ideas that led to it -- started germinating in the decade before the Columbia disaster.

You could walk through NASA with double-sided sticky tape and wait 30 seconds and you've got 15 new ideas, or notions of where we should go," Cowing said. Seven of our friends and colleagues paid the ultimate price for our failure. You, too, could be convicted in the court of your conscience if you are ever party to cutting corners, believing something life and death is not your responsibility, or simply not paying attention. The penalty is heavy, you can never completely repay it.

Shuttle manager reflects on mistakesJim Oberg, MSNBC. And in a break with past NASA practices, he explicitly listed the mistakes he personally made that contributed to last year's disaster. A year after Columbia, weaknesses remain at NASAOp Ed, Alcestis "Cooky" ObergUSA Today.

Just the opposite has occurred: Prior to the release of the CAIB report this summer, one arrogant headquarters leader told NASA workers to ignore the "outside" criticism because it came from "timid souls. Note to USA employees regarding performance fee decisionUSA. NASA has agreed that suitable acknowledgement of the company's accomplishments is an important tool for communicating to the United Space Alliance workforce that NASA values their contributions to date, and trusts and anticipates that they will perform well in the future.

I wonder how many USA PAO hacks had a hand in writing this. You'd think NASA just gave them a bonus!!! Indeed, this really strikes me as collective denial on the part of USA senior management.

NASA Langley staff gets bonuses for Columbia work - FOIA request prompts agency to release details of August awardsDaily Press. Langley's Freedom of Information Act officer said NASA's legal department would challenge whether employee bonuses are public information.

Letter to NASA Administrator from NASA OIG Regarding Proposed Options for Implementation of CAIB Recommendations 7. While it may be that such organizations could be designed to fulfill the CAIB's intent that NASA have robust and independent engineering and safety offices in connection with space flight operations, we believe the decentralized approach being contemplated is inconsistent with the language of the CAIB report.

Presentations and instructions given to NASA employees regarding NASA Safety and Mission Success Week. Contains links to download presentations and reference materials for NASA employees to use during NASA Safety and Mission Success Week. This is not meant to be a stand down week, instead discussions will be held as a part of regularly scheduled meetings e. NASA Safety and Mission Success WeekOneNASA. NASA's Hushed Debate, editorialWashington Post.

An Open Debate at NASALetter to the Editor, Sean O'Keefe, Washington Post. But there was nothing "hushed" about the debate. The Post didn't need to conduct an investigation, it just needed to listen. NASA chief takes media to taskThe Times Picayune. The article goes on to say "The orbiter disintegrated Feb. An investigative board appointed by President Bush conducted a seven-month inquiry into the accident Columbia did NOT visit the space station!

Moreover the investigative board CAIB was NOT appointed by the President. Columbia Accident Investigation Board To Release Vols. II-VI of Final ReportCAIB. Different design might have enabled Columbia crew to surviveUSA Today. Reports Detail a Hypothetical Shuttle RescueNY Times. From an internal NASA memo from a NASA field center: Bridges is responding to O'Keefe's instructions by standing down the Center for the entire week of November.

Stand-down applies to contractors as well as civil servants. During that week all employees will be asked to study the CAIB report and the Diaz report. I suspect there will be other structured activities during that week as well.

Former NASA advisers on safety answer criticsOrlando Sentinel. NASA Panel's Ex-Members Fault Shuttle FundingWashington Post. If people at NASA are not going to answer questions put to them by the public in response to a formal notice published in the public record - then they shouldn't put their email address and phone number in the notice in the first place.

On the other hand, this incident also serves to demonstrate a marked and positive change in the way NASA PAO does things. Folks in PAO seem to "get it" to borrow Sean O'Keefe's phrase.

Others still do not. Needed restorations and improvements cannot be accomplished under current budgets and spending priorities. If the present trend is not arrested, support difficulties may arise in the next 3 or 4 years. The status of the potential readiness of these essential assets has been projected, but there is no detailed, funded plan to ensure that this aging infrastructure can safely support the Space Shuttle for its likely operational life.

Space Shuttle Automatic Landing Capabilities. There is no systematic effort to capture the knowledge of experienced personnel before they leave. Stress levels within the workforce are a continuing concern. NASA and Shuttle Processing Contract SPC cannot depend solely on improved productivity to meet increasing launch demands.

Space Shuttle Independent Oversight Act of Full Text. Hall Introduces Legislation on Oversight of Shuttle Safety.

Hall D-TX today introduced the "Space Shuttle Independent Oversight Act of ", legislation that authorizes the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering to establish an independent committee to oversee NASA's implementation of the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher R-CAChairman of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, and Congressman Bart Gordon D-TNRanking Member of the Subcommittee, joined Mr. Hall as original co-sponsors. Lawmaker proposes watchdogs for NASAOrlando Sentinel. But the agency welcomes additional oversight and the opportunity to work with Congress, he said. NASA safety panel revamp needed, says ex-memberHuntsville Times.

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Congress can have subcommittees given that power, and that would allow for whistleblower status. NASA Oversight Panelists ResignWashington Post. Miscommunication seen as threat to space stationHouston Chronicle. Ralph Hall Statement on ASAP Resignations. NASA Administrator Accepts Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel ResignationsNASA. The agency also will review the original ASAP charter and its amendments.

Safety Panel to NASA: Build a "Full Envelope" Shuttle Escape SystemSpaceRef. All 9 members resign from NASA safety panelNYT via Houston Chronicle. Space safety advisers resignOrlando Sentinel. Then again, out of chaos comes opportunity. NASA adds extra shuttle missionMSNBC. These plans include moving the launch date for the flight, called STS, from the unrealistic "no earlier than March 11" into July or later.

Smacked by a space chickenPopular Science. On an earlier flight a window was hit by a little piece of something, and they concluded afterwards it was a piece of chicken the Russians had ejected and was just floating around in space. Worries about layoffs at Michoud plant growTimes Picayune. Shuttle Manager Details ChangesWashington Post.

I would have told you we understood what we were doing, and we had mature processes and good hardware. And I think all of those assumptions have been shattered. We did not do what is necessary to keep the Columbia crew safe. Shuttle mission management team gets major revampSpaceflight Now.

Daylight-launch rule adds to NASA's challenges in return to flightOrlando Sentinel. NASA Says It Can't Meet Investigation Board's GoalsNY Times. Forget shuttle launch in March: Midsummer just a maybeReuters. Space shuttles to last into next decade-BoeingReuters.

NASA Responds to the Columbia Accident ReportSpaceRef. The outcome of this process will, at a minimum lead to the path required to getting the Space Shuttle fleet flying again. This process may also lead to new directions for America's space program. Then again, it may not. NASA looks for leadershipOrlando Sentinel. NASA could build new craft in 5 yearsHouston Chronicle. House Panel Wary on Plan for ShuttleNY Times. Lawmakers Slam NASA Chief for Lack of Space GoalReuters.

Congress Criticizes Bush on Plans for SpaceflightWashington Post. Lampson Re-Introduces Bill to Restore Vision for NASA's Human Spaceflight Program. NASA must keep Murphy's Law in mind. Research Subcommittee Chairman Nick Smith's Statement on NASA's Response to the Columbia Report. Boehlert Statement at Hearing on NASA's Response to the CAIB Report. We also need to hear more about how NASA will schedule launches after return to flight to avoid the excessive schedule pressure related to the construction of the International Space Station - pressure that was discussed in great detail in the CAIB report, and pressure that Admiral Gehman has cited as an area in which NASA leadership created a cultural problem.

Bush not a 'bad man,' just a 'bad president Interview with Joe LiebermanUSA Today. WTO head says Cancun talks key to world economyReuters.

It would send a very damaging signal around the world about prospects for economic recovery and would result in more hardship for workers around the globe, particularly in poorer countries," he said. FernandezDel-Rio News Herald. When dealing with a child's education, failure is not an option ," said Cadena. Pinkel makes his pitch to St. Accepting failure is not an option around Pinkel. Gee, with everyone else adopting this phrase - and rally cry - from NASA's glory days, one would think that NASA would embrace it - and integrate it into everything it does.

A Crucial Manned Probeeditorial, Washington Post. Congress ought to seize on this possibility. The board did a remarkable job in showing how the accident was as much a product of human failings as hardware failure, and it would be a shame to discard its expertise.

Columbia inquiry prompts White House strategy reviewNature subscription required. Will a Safer Shuttle Still Support Science? Vision, Resources in Short Supply for Damaged U. Space ProgramScience subscription required. Such a move would face strong opposition from aerospace companies, labor unions, and legislators representing districts in Florida, Texas, and California where NASA work is concentrated.

It would also antagonize Russian, European, Japanese, and Canadian officials, whose countries have invested heavily in the space station.

Opening Statement by Rep. Ralph Hall at Columbia Accident Investigation Hearing. Establishment of human exploration goals would ensure that we make the appropriate investments in our space program, would revitalize the NASA workforce, and would serve as a source of inspiration for both the NASA workforce and the American public.

Boehlert Statement at First Hearing on the Investigation into the Columbia Accident. If we fail to do so, it's readily apparent that we will just have to go through this same sad exercise again. NASA's experience may be the ultimate proof of Santayana's famous observation about those who fail to learn from the past being doomed to repeat it. House Science Committee Hearing Charter: The Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report.

NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia: Synopsis of the Report of the Columbia Accident. Excerpts from the CAIB Report. Statement of Senator Ernest F. Hollings - Hearing on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report. Michoud Cooperated in Columbia Investigation. Brownback Statement from Space Shuttle Columbia Investigation Report Hearing. Prepared Statement by Sen. John McCain at Hearings on the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

Senate Testimony given by NASA Adminstrator Sean O'Keefe. Senate Testimony given by CAIB Chairman Adm. Senior NASA Management Heads Off On Leadership Council Retreat. Sean O'Keefe made frequent mention yesterday of the management team he has put into place - before and after the Columbia accident.

He made particular note of how he expects this team to lead as the agency continues with implementing the recommendations of the CAIB report. At a Leadership Council Meeting to be held outside of Washington at the end of this week NASA's Center Directors, Associate Administrators, and other senior management will coordinate their plans as they are told what it means when O'Keefe says 'we get it'.

NASA is expected to issue its Implementation Plan for the CAIB report next Monday. What do you think about the CAIB's final report? Did they get it right? Can NASA accomplish all of the CAIB's recommendations?

How should they do this? Send your comments to nasawatch reston. Your comments will be posted - please note if you wish them to be posted with your name or anonymously.

We workers understand the risks. We workers will continue to report our dissent, even at risk to our upward mobility. When transferred out of the way, we will move on but will pass the torch to our peers to continue fight the good fight; to safely fly our national Shuttle treasure and her crews until something better is "on the pad".

According to a post to a space-related email list FPSPACE, a CAIB staffer said the people working at the CAIB "do not yet know exactly what they will do for follow-on volumes". Grounding the Space ProgramTownHall. It's time to think big. We should be exploring space. But unfortunately we'll never get out there if all we're doing is sending people up to the I.

NASA seeks definitive missionReuters. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said on August 27 there was no motivation for his agency now comparable to the superpower competition for space that pushed NASA in its early years. Corporate success stories offer lessons for NASAOrlando Sentinel.

Safety first for space travel, NASAAmarillo Globe News. Rick Husband and his valiant crew would have it no other way. That return to manned space flight, however, must occur only after a demonstration that NASA truly gets it. Experts Doubt Fix for NASA Safety CultureAP.

The chapter listing the recommendations none of which mentions the word "culture" stresses at the beginning: It is unquestionably true that if NASA loses another orbiter, we are out of human spaceflight for a long time. The stakes are really high. Criticism of NASA safety checks grows harsherOrlando Sentinel.

Advisers say NASA ignored warningsOrlando Sentinel. NASA culture called culpritSJ Mercury News. Failure Is Always an OptionNY Times. Report spawns rethinking about NASA's reliance on contractorsGovernment Executive. NASA Worker Proposed 'Scrub' of Web SiteAP. FOIA Request Uncovers Previously Unknown NASA Accident Investigation WebsiteSpaceRef.

Indeed, it is rather surprising that a non-governmental information system was used for such a purpose during such a highly visible accident investigation. Indeed, one has to wonder how much - and what sort of information exchanges - occurred outside of regular official government channels.

Missing MarsOpEd, Daily Camera. Robert Zubrin, the Denver-based manned space enthusiast and founder of the Mars Society, thinks the goal is obvious: Zubrin turns to using tasteless and downright insensitive comments to make a point.

I guess if someone isn't doing exactly what HE thinks is important, then it is not worth the risk. Well, from my perspective these people died serving their country - and doing something that THEY deemed worth the risk. They certainly thought that they had a reason to take that risk - regardless of Dr. Director says center working to fix foam on external tankHuntsville Times.

And he said the center is developing a fix to make sure it doesn't happen again. Marshall erred in shuttle crashHuntsville Times. Shuttle not likely to fly by spring, experts sayCNN. Investigator Criticizes Shuttle ReportAP. Duane Deal said Wednesday he felt compelled to highlight these issues after they ended up being buried, downplayed or dropped from the final report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. NASA Seeks Urgent Mission After Columbia TragedyReuters. When a bank makes a loan what happens to the money supply is "nothing comparable to what drove us as a nation with cheats to get money on animal crossing wild world threat of the prospect of thermonuclear war by a bipolar opponent on the other side of this globe that existed in the early s," O'Keefe told a news conference.

General Finds Fault in Staffing at NASANY Times. NASA Chief Pledges He'll Make ChangesWashington Post. Report Blames Flawed NASA Culture for TragedyWashington Post. Understanding Columbia - and Fixing NASASpaceRef. The question before America is not just whether human space flight is worth the risk, but also whether NASA - and the nation - are up to the task. Everyone needs to get it right this time.

Fading Support and ScienceWashington Post. But the back cover of the shuttle report features an emblem that summarizes its authors' advice. Semper Exploro," the emblem reads in Latin.

NASA Update on the Space Shuttle Columbia Sean O'Keefe and Scott Hubbard August 26, I would suggest that we update those words, that we indeed also adopt the principle of tough and competent and that each day when we enter and we do what we do throughout this agency every single one of us ought cheats to get money on animal crossing wild world be reminded of the price paid by Husband, McCool, Anderson, Clark, Challa, Brown and Ramon.

These words are the price of admission to the ranks of NASA and we should adopt it that way. Full Transcript of CAIB Press Conference August 26,CAIB. The lives of these people are very precious to us, and the board considered that a very serious matter, that these brave people thought that what they were doing was important, that it was significant, that it was part of human space exploration, that the things that were going to be learned from this mission were worth the risk that they were taking.

Transcript of Administrator O'Keefe's Appearance on "CNN Newsnight" with Aaron Brown Aug. Remarks by CAIB Chair Adm. Hal Gehman Transcript 26 August NASA Watch Editor Keith Cowing on CNN: The Columbia Shuttle Tragedy: Analyzing the Report Transcript 26 August Congressman Feeney Commends Columbia Accident Investigation Board 26 August McCain Statement on Columbia Accident Investigation Report 26 August NASA One Step Closer to Shuttle Flight; Shuttle Program Will Be Safer, Smarter in Future 26 August Rohrabacher Applauds Columbia Accident Investigation Board's Findings and Conclusions 26 August Boehlert Praises "Selfless and Tireless Work" of Columbia Accident Investigation Board 26 August Chairman of House Research Subcommittee Statement on Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board CAIB Report 26 August FL on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board CAIB Report 26 August online broker indian forex Hall and Gordon Comment on Release of the Gehman Report 26 August NSS Urges NASA to Embrace CAIB Recommendations and Move Forward with Bold Vision for Space Exploration.

NASA Administrator Accepts Columbia Accident Report Columbia Accident Investigation Board Statement Columbia Accident Investigation Board Executive Summary Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report 10MB PDF You can also download the report at: Cancel The Space ShuttleSpace Frontier Foundation. In other words you want a hand out. Why shouldn't this industry use its own money to develop these capabilities?

Oh wait; it already is Bezos, Musk, Rutan, Carmack Bush in the hot seat over shuttle's put options 9 11 debunkedHouston Chronicle. Match passion for space with fervor for safetyUSA Today. Hill to Use Report as 'Map'Washington Post. Short- and Long-Term RecommendationsNY Times. Inertia and Indecision at NASANY Times. A Husband RemembersABC. NASA Sees Spring Launch for Next ShuttleAP. NASA's culture contributed to Columbia disaster: Report Cites Flawed NASA CultureWashington Post.

Shuttle report cites flawed NASA cultureOrlando Sentinel. NASA lapses ended chance of saving crewOrlando Sentinel. Cash settlements possible for astronauts' survivorsOrlando Sentinel 25 August White House to Issue Statement on CAIB report. NASA Watch has learned that the White House will respond directly to recommendations made in the Columbia Accident Investigation Board CAIB report.

The CAIB's report will be issued tomorrow. The White House will endorse the CAIB report. NASA, specifically Sean O'Keefe, will be tasked with implementation of the board's recommendations. The President will say something along the lines of "we will keep America at the vanguard of spaceflight and will continue the legacy of the Columbia and Challenger astronauts. They will not have died in vain.

NASA Awaits Report on Columbia DisasterAP. Barbara Mikulski, of Maryland] wants a member board, selected by the House and Senate leadership, that will assure compliance with all the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, which Mikulski calls the Gehman commission. She said the board would report to Congress every six months. NASA Preparing Itself For Scathing ReportWashington Post.

Forex clearing definition remains to be seen is how much more NASA officials will have to alter their basic way of doing business to satisfy the requirements of what promises to be a scathing page report to be released today by the independent Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

NASA's culture of denialOpEd, Jim Oberg, MSNBC. Unlike the space team that conducted Apollo, recruited from a dozen major pools of experienced workers, most workers at NASA today have only worked at NASA since graduation.

Some retired military officers are brought in at headquarters - mostly because they are good at "following orders" of the officials who hire them - and specialists are brought in as needed, but they are far from the levers of ecn forex robot myfxbook within NASA.

This encourages an inbred "groupthink" that is not conducive to disagreeing with what management wants. Shuttle-crash report prods NASA managementChristian Science Monitor. Noting the impact of flat budgets on NASA's culture of safety, [Howard] McCurdy continues, "over the last 30 years, no one in NASA has had the nerve to stand up to Congress and the White House and say, 'If that's all the money you've got, then we're not going to fly.

So, if NASA views it as ugly, it needs to look at itself A conversation with Sally RideNY Times. Dan Goldin, the Robin hood stock trading reviews administrator from tohad a mantra, "Faster, better, cheaper. It was a false economy. It's very difficult to have all three simultaneously. Pick your favorite two. With human space flight, you'd better add the word "safety" in there, too, because if upper management is going "faster, better, cheaper," that percolates down, and it puts the emphasis on meeting schedules and improving the way that you do things and on call party name display for option 61c. And over the years, it provides the impression that budget forex notowania walut schedule are the most important things.

Tomorrow, America's space program will begin to face a challenge which will rank among the greatest challenges it has yet to endure. The release of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board's report will begin a series of very public events wherein virtually every facet of NASA's human spaceflight endeavors - and even the agency's soul - will be placed under close scrutiny.

Following the catharsis of the report's release, a gauntlet will be run by all of the players in this drama as every corner of Congress and the media weighs in and exacts their pound of flesh - or gives their jaka polska platforma forex najlepsza of confidence. Alas, most will both praise and condemn. This process will run it self out sometime in October - around the time that the next crew to inhabit the International Space Station is due to blast off.

Last night I sat and watched two things on the History Channel: Ron Howard's "Apollo 13" and Gene Kranz's "Failure is not an option". I am certain I am not the only one who looks back at all of this and wonders why so many things seem so hard now - and challenges so daunting - when NASA in swiss study stockbrokers 60's did not know any better to tackle impossible things - and then get up after an accident and go at them again - as hard - if not harder.

The crew of Expedition 8 don't know how they will be coming home after their stay in space - Soyuz or Shuttle. Nor do they or any of us know what NASA they will return to - one armed and invigorated with a new commitment to move on - and outward, or one reigned in by political shortsightedness and insecurity relegated to satisfaction with the status quo.

Over the Mooneditorial, Wall Street Journal. Despite its drubbing this week, NASA itself is a can-do agency: It's not about to go on strike, saying we can't work in these conditions, with these tools, with these priorities. But changing the "culture" of NASA will take outside leadership to craft a new and more compelling space mission.

Still Lost in SpaceOp Ed, Washington Post. The shuttle program's budget has been cut and cut. It has become a public relations boondoggle, not to mention just another area for Congress to add pork barrel projects. School kids send up experiments how to paint with urine, an available commodity in any capsule and presidents add this or that foreign astronaut for diplomatic, not scientific, reasons. This is a program that has lost its way. NASA will be submitting its FY budget request to the White House this Fall.

Any requests for additional funds for Shuttle program fixes accident recovery or OSP acceleration in the form of an amendment or supplemental request to the FY budget will likely be submitted in roughly the same time frame as the FY budget submission.

Moreover, any such supplemental request to the FY budget will be worked as part of a larger, overall plan which will include coordination with the FY budget request.

NASA set to revamp systemOrlando Sentinel. And it how better to use the indicator for binary options intend to complete the station, according to William Readdy, associate administrator for space flight. That task requires the shuttles, because the ISS modules were designed to fit into their cargo bays. But then the costly, fragile shuttles could be mothballed.

How much money does a pediatric neurologist make the accident, some NASA officials had vowed to keep them flying through NASA Watch Editor Keith Cowing on NEXT CNN 23 Aug [Transcript]CNN.

And when something happens at NASA they don't quite understand, they say, Oh, it's culture. There's more to it than that. There's a culture within NASA works, there's the contractor community, there's Congress, and then there's the public. So I don't want to cast the blame elsewhere.

But you've got to understand NASA not by itself, but within the context with which, you know, it does all these marvelous things. Scant attention is paid to the fact that all these spacecraft operate perfectly.

It's when one shark binary options trading system goes horribly wrong that suddenly we think, Well, the entire agency is messed up.

Congress counts down to report on ColumbiaHouston Chronicle. Columbia's 'Smoking Gun' Was ObscuredWashington Post. In contrast to the loss of the shuttle Challenger, when engineers how to use average true range in forex tried to stop the launch only to be overruled by higher-ups, this time the portents had become invisible to all those who might have altered events.

Way to fix panels in space shows promise, NASA saysOrlando Sentinel. Investigator's Assignment Nears EndNY Times. Hard-hitting report on Columbia disaster comingAP. Duane Deal, a board member, says the report will be "a frank assessment of what we've seen has happened to NASA over the years and its current state. Yes, it will be ugly. NASA- from the ground upDaily News. NASA Culture, Columbia Probers on Collision CourseWashington Post.

NASA's recent "One NASA" efforts are just dripping with the word and concept of "culture". One NASA's focus is cultural change.

It was begun by NASA employees and is fully backed by NASA leadership. Revalidate and advance our common organizational values to build a unified culture. You will know it when you see it. NASA Must Change 'Huge Blob Of Bureaucracy'AP. There's nothing that resists change more than a huge blob of bureaucracy," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, chairman of the House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.

Behind the doors of Mission ControlUSA Today. Though failure may not have been an option, it was a real threat, and it still is today. NASA braced for culture shock as Columbia inquiry reaches verdictNature.

Remarks by President Bush After Meeting Local Economic Leaders - Excerpt Regarding Columbia Accident InvestigationWhite House.

I put call ratio and stock price to look at the report before I comment.

You may have seen the report; I haven't, in which case, I want to look at forex factory 4h macd. I do believe that a space program is important for a country that is trying to stay on the leading edge of technological change.

But let me look and first see what the report says, how critical it is, what it says, what it means. Call party name display for option 61c Accident Investigation Board Will Release Final Report on August 26,CAIB. EDT at the National Transportation Safety Board boardroom at L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.

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The House Science Committee will be holding a full committee hearing with Adm. Gehman on 4 September Unlike what I was first posted, this will not be a joint hearing with the Senate. Word has it that that The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation chaired by Sen. McCain is planning a hearing for 9 September Forex software ratings the CAIB's report is delayed this could impact the planning for a long series of hearings on Capitol Hill.

If the report is released on 26 August as planned, there will be at least one hearing per week by the House in September. NASA Watch has learned that editorial work on Volume 1 which is approx. This volume will be delivered to the printers tomorrow Friday morning. As such, it would seem that the original 26 August release date is still in effect. According to sources NASA Watch has spoken with the CAIB's report was due at the printers this week Monday.

That has apparently not happened. The 26 August release date has yet to be confirmed by the CAIB. According to a CAIB representative, they will know whether the 26 August date will be met on Thursday.

According to the same CAIB representative, the back-up date for the report's release is 3 September. When the report is finally issued it will be released in print form with a CD included which will have the report in PDF format. The final report will also be posted on the CAIB website, and one would expect, on NASA's website. One of the report's appendices is first binary option service tips to have an extensive treatise on the history of the Space Shuttle program written in great part by John Logsdon.

NASA support up after tragedyUSA Today. Two shuttles have crashed in flights. Public support could prove crucial for NASAUSA Today. NASA astronaut Ed Lu has been living in the International Space Station since April. Half the respondents thought no U. Critical flaws in shuttles loom as potential disasterAfter hours answering service jobs from home Sentinel.

In many instances, they have been treated and accepted in much the same fashion that NASA reacted to ongoing flaws that doomed Challenger and Columbia. NASA Inspector General Issues Letter to NASA Administrator Regarding Observations on the Independence of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Cobb said, 'Although NASA policy and the CAIB's original charter contained provisions that could have hindered an independent investigation, based on my observations, I believe the CAIB, under Admiral Harold Gehman's leadership, is and has been conducting its investigation independently and without undue influence from NASA.

NASA budget is T-minus and holding as Columbia probe is outOrlando Sentinel. But they want to know it's going to solve the problems, and they trading system vincenti malverti pdf to know it's going to get you somewhere in the long run, that it's not just a short-term fix," said Jim Muncy, an independent space-policy consultant at PoliSpace, based outside Washington, D.

Uneasy e-mails could not shake NASA's feeling that all was wellOrlando Sentinel. Families of shuttle crew await reportAP. Still, he says, "It's one thing to say it but another to do it. Dollar to pkr exchange rate today great to have that 'let's go' spirit, plants vs zombies easiest way to get money sometimes you push things to beyond where you should.

But this is not about fault, it's about cause. NASA Watchdog Calls Columbia Decisions 'Shocking'Reuters. Asteroids Ccyvmake money online to Columbia's CrewNASA.

NASA looks over reforms, vows to implement themOrlando Sentinel. NASA assures board it will follow directivesHouston Chronicle. NASA targets spring for shuttle returnNew Scientist. The plan STS calls for Atlantis to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station.

The launch window from 11 March to 6 April meets "all the constraints" imposed on a return to flight, said Bill Readdy, NASA associate administrator for space flight. Equations prove more reliable in NASA lab's Columbia studySF Chronicle. Shuttle's problemseditorial, Orlando Sentinel. If where can i buy birkenstock in manila leaders, starting with Administrator Sean O'Keefe, can persuasively articulate a compelling new vision for NASA, Congress is more likely to respond.

Such a vision would include leaving low-Earth orbit, where astronauts have been stuck since the end of the moon missions, and heading for Mars. That's the best hope for recapturing the excitement that once energized the U. But the future of the program is not secure with the shuttle.

The sooner that NASA moves beyond it, the better. Shuttle crews to look for damageOrlando Sentinel. Pips forex wikipedia Inquiry Uncovers Flaws in CommunicationNY Times. Tufte, a professor emeritus at Yale University and an expert in the visual presentation of evidence, has expressed his dismay at the content of the transcripts from the Jan. In March, Professor Tufte published a blistering critique of the Boeing studies used by NASA.

He has since included the material in a course he teaches on presenting data and information, and in a booklet. He calls the crucial slide about the foam strike a "PowerPoint festival of bureaucratic hyper-rationalism" because, he said, it conceals far more than it reveals. ET on Columbia Evidence Analysis of Key Slide. Investigator Worries NASA Won't ChangeAP. Osheroff is also troubled that some managers who made crucial decisions during Columbia's flight seem unwilling forex factory 4h macd accept individual blame.

Report not singling out MarshallHuntsville Times. Cramer met privately with board Chairman Adm. Harold Gehman earlier this month to discuss what Congress could do to help NASA.

During that discussion, Cramer asked if Marshall would be singled out. NASA studying landing flight paths to lower risk on the groundOrlando Sentinel. NASA Watch Editor Keith Cowing on "Next CNN" 27 July TranscriptCNN. Spacelift Washington - A Forge of Consensus: Political Leadership and the Future of Space ExplorationSpaceRef. But it has spawned a unique opportunity to lay out a positive new direction for the U.

Such a chance for change comes but once in a generation, when circumstances force public leaders to look beyond tradingview strategy headlines to comprehensive policy prescriptions, whose cost and complexity often stifle their prospects.

Foam likely to hit next shuttleOrlando Sentinel. It sustained hits, with an inch or larger that required extensive repair.

One insulating tile was knocked unitedhealth group stock option scandal, and the orbiter's metal skin was partly melted. NASA chief promises to break culture of silence that contributed to Columbia accident, but some say that's not enoughAP. He told employees this forex trend indicator techniques week he is committed to "creating an atmosphere in which we're all encouraged to raise our hand and say something's not right or something doesn't look safe.

Lawmaker cautions NASA against 'magic date' for next launchHouston Chronicle. They haven't been nearly as skeptical as they should be. There's not enough openness or willingness on the part of upper management to listen to the concerns expressed in the lower levels.

Congress to Monitor Shuttle Program Closely, Lawmaker SaysNY Times. Boehlert told reporters at a briefing that he envisioned at least three or four hearings, starting on Sept. Hill Asserts Role in Shuttle's Future - Return to Flight Is Not Up to NASA, Head of House Science Panel SaysWashington Post. It's the White House's decision to make - not Congress'.

If the White House chooses to listen to Congress not an unwise decision as it makes this decision, that's fine. But Congress appropriates funds for NASA's programs. It does not operate space transportation systems. Moreover, Sean O'Keefe answers directly to the President.

Post-Columbia NASA hunkers downOp Ed, Jim Oberg, MSNBC. So they just guessed. They assumed it would be OK. And NASA officials -particularly Linda Ham, who was in charge of that meeting - let them get away with it.

Full Transcript of NASA Press Conference with Linda Hamm, Phil Engelauf, and LeRoy CainNASA HQ. Remorse from NASA manager who dismissed foam unstoppable forex profit indicator free downloadAP.

NASA Team Believed Foam Kenyan shilling forex rates Not Damage Space ShuttleAldi opening hours anzac day sydney Times. NASA Managers Differed Over Shuttle StrikeReuters. NASA Workforce Bill Approved By House Science CommitteeHouse Science Committee.

H ouse Science Committee Bill Fails to Deal with Safety and Vision at NASAHouse Science Committee, Democratic Membership. This is a workforce bill, not accident investigation legislation.

Space Shuttle Play store to learn money pink floyd on guitar Management Team Transcripts ReleasedNASA. Study Suggests NASA Should Consider Navy's Safety TechniquesNY Times. Remaining fleet poses new hurdles for NASAOrlando Forex online broker reviews. After all, Columbia had not flown to the outpost because it was too heavy and lacked the necessary docking equipment, though it was scheduled for upgrades so it could make its first station voyage in November.

Keith Cowing's Devon Island Journal 20 July NASA staff counts down to blastingUSA Today. Letter to Return To Flight Team From OSF AA Bill Readdy. We shall not spend a single minute being defensive. Time spent in that pursuit is time wasted not fixing the many complex problems we must deal with to return to flight. Shuttles in Space Again in 9 MonthsAP.

NASA Human Rating Calculate hours between two dates in excel excluding weekends and Guidelines for Space Flight Systems Now OnlineNASA. The document contains requirements and guidelines for certifying the design of future agency space vehicles carrying humans.

Report Criticizes NASA and Predicts Further Fatal AccidentsNY Times. Crew of Columbia Survived a Minute After Last SignalNY Times. Will details about the crew's last moments help spacecraft experts prevent future accidents? Will releasing this information to the public help? Yet I'll bet there are a few reporters out there who just won't be able to fight the urge and will post every lurid, morbid detail they can - all because "the public has a right to know". Foundation UrgesSpace Frontier Foundation.

If needed, the Russians can keep it going, or it can be mothballed until it can be taken over by a private Space Port Authority, and then operated, serviced and expanded by private spaceships and cargo vehicles. Now is exactly the right time for a change that can eventually open space to the people who have paid for it all. This editorial is so full of contradictions and nutty conclusions as to make me wonder if anyone even bothered to read it before it was released. This paragraph alone causes me to wonder.

Here is the logic as best I can figure it out: Until a cogent, logical argument with logical premises and solutions - can be made by this - or any other organization cabaret money makes the world go round download as to what to do with the Shuttle other than "stop flying it" and then wait for some magic to happen in the private sector, they should all just shut up and sit down.

The last thing this situation needs right now is noise and random arm waving. Rex Geveden Named NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Deputy Director. Readdy, Associate Administrator for Space Flight at NASA Headquarters in Washington, today named Rex D. Geveden as the new Deputy Director of ohio tuition trust authority investment options agency's Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC in Huntsville, Ala.

Geveden will succeed David King, who became Center Director on June Woodrow Whitlow Named NASA Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director. Readdy, Associate Administrator for Space Flight at NASA Headquarters in Washington, today named Articles on binary options 5 point decimal strategy Whitlow, Jr.

Whitlow will succeed James W. Kennedy, who becomes Center Director on August Mistakes Of NASA Toted UpForeign exchange forex translation of foreign currency rental expenses Post.

Gee John - Correct me if I am wrong, however, but I really do not recall you talking like this when you were on the NASA Advisory Council under Dan Goldin. Colleague says Goldin is intense, charismaticBoston Globe. Panelist Faults NASA Cutbacks - Shuttle Report Will Note Funds Shifted From Safety EffortsWashington Post.

Goldin, the agency shifted much of the responsibility for running the shuttle program to outside contractors and ordered deep cuts in government personnel, including the elimination of xoom forex than half the maintenance personnel and safety future stock market 2016 vs 2016.5, according to published reports and some experts.

As a result, the board was told, the shuttle program began to show signs of deterioration. Facilities and equipment at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the space shuttles are assembled and launched, were increasingly in need of replacement. NASA Management Failings Are Linked to Shuttle DemiseNY Times. Photo might have shown hole can i buy call options in an ira, Orlando Sentinel.

The CAIB will not be releasing its final report until at least 26 August Gases Breached Shuttle Wing inAP. Foam blasts inch hole in final shuttle testCNN.

Shuttle Program Manager Announces Personnel ChangesNASA JSC. Columbia Accident Investigation Board Issues Preliminary Recommendation Four: Launch and Ascent Imaging. Email Between JSC and the STS Crew Regarding Foam Strike. This email exchange occurred between Mission Control and Space Shuttle Columbia between 23 and 25 January Balancing NASA's CheckbookSpaceRef.

While a lot of progress has been made, much more lies ahead. Of course, not everyone is happy with these changes. Forex exchange rates in thailand Science Brought Down the ShuttleOpEd, NY Times. They fly to fulfill a much more basic and human desire to experience the vastness of space.

Seven people died on STS after performing a variety of science experiements - including one designed by the author of this OpEd piece, Matthew Koss. Now Koss is questioning the value of flying people in space to do science - including his own.

Moreover, Koss seems to feel that he is qualified to describe the personal motives of the crew vis-a-vis their reason s for flying. What a presumptuous and creepy way to say thank you, Dr. Shuttle Probe Will Take Aim at NASA ManagementReuters. Harold Gehman, said last week. Panel Decries Stock market india how to invest of Spaceflight as RoutineWashington Post.

Politics spawned Columbia missionOrlando Sentinel. One again, Alex, you are out of the loop with regard to this investigation see Washington Post article above. Moreover, you also wave your arms with these pronouncements about ludacris money maker video ft pharrell mp3 download zippy value or lack thereof of the Space Shuttle and Space Station programs - but never provide one drop of corrobroative proof to support your position.

Local Astronaut Says NASA Suffers From Lack Of LeadershipWMUR. Searfoss blames a lack of both leadership and resources for NASA's problems. He left the space program in He didn't speak out then, but he is now. NASA Chief Promises High Safety BarAP.

Bridges will establish a team of engineers there to independently review all aspects of shuttle safety. NASA to put new safety center in placeAP. Columbia Accident Investigation Board Issues Preliminary Recommendation Three: Former Deputy Pleads Guilty to Shuttle Theft. Arriola, a former Angelina County Deputy Sheriff, pled guilty to stealing debris from the space shuttle Columbia. Arriola admitted that while he was helping locate shuttle wreckage, he illegally pocketed two small pieces of a straight-back type back shell, which is a wiring harness connector on the shuttle.

New Space Shuttle Columbia Images ReleasedNASA HQ. Records show NASA safety office cutsUSA Today. Shuttle Board Determines Likely Site of Fatal DamageNY Times. CAIB Press Briefing Presentation Roger E.

CAIB Impact Testing Update: Scott Hubbard June 24, 24 June A former scientist with the space program, Keith Cowing is editor of NASAWatch.

Cowing has more on the next projected launch and plans to replace the aging shuttle. NASA B deployment to Reno Cancelled. At this time, the possibility remains binary options trading in the uk this deployment might be rescheduled for a future date in However, no decision has been made, nor is expected for several weeks at least. Discovery documentary offers easy-to-understand look at Columbia's fall to EarthHouston Chronicle.

Its value is not in the news it provides -- there's little new here -- but in the stocks that make money when market goes down, cogent and tele-efficient way it is presented. NASA Hoping work from home mums melbourne Fly Shuttle as Early as DecemberNY Times.

Other Grave Flaws Found in ShuttleWashington Post. Columbia Accident Investigation Board plans more interim recommendations before its final push to draft a reportAviation Week. Panel to ask NASA to fix foam faultLA Times via Boston Globe. Space agency officials have vowed to fly again by early next year, even though they have not figured out how to fix all the problems related to the foam debris. Controversial NASA attorney advising Columbia commissionHouston Chronicle. NASA's Tips for Avoiding ScrutinyColumbia Journalism Review.

But an internal memo by another Lewis employee quotes Ross as telling his senior staff that the guidelines were intended to block attempts by a group of "anti-nuke" protesters to obtain records on the space nuclear program.

NASA Advisory Committee Notice of Establishment: Return to Flight Task Group. Lawmaker seeks to sever NASA from inquiries crash probesHouston Chronicle. Gordon Bill Assures Independence Of Future Space Accident Investigations. Bart Gordon has introduced legislation that will assure future human space flight accident investigations are truly independent.

The Human Space Flight Independent Investigation Commission Act authorizes a commission appointed by the president to study a shuttle or space station accident.

The bill does not affect the current investigation by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, but would apply to a future loss of a crewed space vehicle. Human Space Flight Independent Investigation Commission Act of Congress WIll Have Access to Privileged Columbia Investigation TestimonyHouse Science Committee.

An identical agreement has been reached with Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman John McCain R-AZ and Ranking Member Fritz Hollings D-SC.

Lawmakers to Get Shuttle Interview AccessAP. Authorized members of Congress may take unlimited notes from the testimony documents, the letter said, but these may not be released to the public. Congress to Review Shuttle InterviewsWashington Post. NASA lets Congress see secret interviewsOrlando Sentinel. Bill Nelson, who has called for complete public access to the testimony, said Friday that he opposes the deal.

Some lawmakers to receive secret Columbia dataHouston Chronicle. Nick Lampson, D-Beaumont, who serves on the committee and whose district includes Houston's Johnson Space Center, said access to the interviews is "something that was needed, and I'll be anxious to see what they have. I think the board has been pretty good with us. Report on Shuttle Likely to Leave Important Questions UnansweredNY Times.

One member of the board, Steven Wallace, on loan from the Federal Aviation Administration, has repeatedly said that flying on the shuttle is more dangerous than flying an airplane in combat possibly 10 times as dangerous, possibly Stafford and Space Shuttle commander Richard O.

Covey, will lead a distinguished task force to assess the agency's "Return to Flight" efforts and help implement the findings of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board CAIB when its final report is released later this summer. Semiannual Report, October 1, March 31, This said, that we as a society can undertake to pursue such inspirational and challenging endeavors as human space flight is a credit to the human spirit and the United States of America.

The OIG aspires to add value to NASA's efforts to mitigate the risks of these awesome undertakings. NASA says shuttle cassette tape a hoaxAP. Anonymous caller claims she has shuttle tapeCox News Service. WESH Newschannel 2 Finds Letter Warning Of Shuttle Disaster - Bolts Used On Columbia Under SuspicionWESH. Billow said that warning came fully 11 months before Columbia went down. NASA discovers problem with bolts on space shuttlesWashington Times.

Columbia Accident Investigation Crawls Toward The Finish LineSpaceRef. Logsdon did not respond to my inquiry about how one could develop an overall picture without the pass back materials, but he did respond to the issue of requesting them. RCC Panel 6 Foam Impact Test Results PreliminaryCAIB. NASA to Boost Trouble-ShootingWashington Post. NASA needs tough inspection rules to return to flightUSA Today. NASA may need better inspection system for panels, O'Keefe says, Orlando Sentinel.

External fuel tank redesign plannedHuntsville Times 11 June Space plane push eyed to aid stationHuntsville Times. New Methods Needed to Spot Shuttle Damage, Tests ShowNY Times. Membership of NASA Return to Flight Task Group. This is a list of initial members of the Return to Flight Task Group, which will help assess NASA's implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board's findings once its final report is released. Additional members are expected added throughout the process. Interior Secretary Norton and NASA Administrator O'Keefe Announce "Columbia Point" in Honor of Space Shuttle ColumbiaDOI.

Norton and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today announced the naming of Columbia Point, a 13,foot mountain peak in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia's final voyage.

Topographic Map Showing Location of Columbia PointUSGS. Remarks by Sean O'Keefe - Columbia Point Naming Ceremony. Perhaps my kids will also be privileged to travel in space and be able to look down and see a point worthy of the name Columbia, and of the crew members Rick, Willie, Mike, Dave, Kalpana, Laurel and Ilan, who delighted in viewing our planet's purpled mountain majesties while they carried forth their joyful mission of exploration and discovery.

Columbia Accident Investigation Board Holds Seventh Public Hearing and Press Briefing. Allen Li, Director of Acquisition Sourcing Management, US. General Accounting Office; Marcia Smith, Senior Level Specialist in Aerospace and Telecommunications Policy for the Resources, Science and Industry Division, Congressional Research Service Library of Congress; Russell D.

Turner, President, Honeywell Engines Systems and Services. Dan Goldin reportedly testified before the CAIB for 3 hours last Thursday in Texas and brought a lawyer with him. Costs and Risk Clouding Plans to Fix ShuttlesNY Times. Widow of Columbia commander says NASA must 'fly again'AP. Space Shuttle Columbia Investigation: Foam Impact Test Breaks Reinforced Carbon-Carbon PanelCAIB.

New Columbia Tribute AnnouncedNASA. Interior Secretary Norton, NASA Administrator O'Keefe to Announce Naming of Mountain Peak in Colorado in Memory of Columbia AstronautsDept.

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Norton and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe will announce the location and name of a mountain peak in Colorado in memory of the seven Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts lost upon re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere on Feb. NASA Watch has learned that the unnamed mountain peak, which will be named "Columbia Point", is part of Kit Carson Mountain.

Kit Carson Mountain includes 3 significant summits, the highest being Kit Carson Peak, the other two are Challenger Point 14,and now Columbia Point 13, feet. Report on shuttle accident to slam NASA decisions, cultureOrlando Sentinel. The report traces the accident's causes from the program's origins in the late s to Columbia's breakup over central Texas on Feb. Storms delay crucial space shuttle testAP.

The crucial test was rescheduled for Friday, though more bad weather was expected. NASA's plan for shuttles termed overly optimisticWashington Times. Boehlert said it likely will be next year before the next shuttle flight.

I can't tell you when. I think the original schedule outlined by NASA would fall more in the heading of wishful thinking than reality," Mr. NASA debris study winds downOrlando Sentinel. CAIB Impact Testing Update G. Scott Hubbard June 4,images and movies CAIB. Observed effects, including higher than expected forces, resulted in test plan change - Decision to proceed directly to RCC testing.

Shuttle's Carbon Composite to Undergo TestsWashington Post. Columbia Disaster Foam Theory Backed by TestReuters. Foam wedges into wing in shuttle testCNN. This is not just a light force. This is a really significant effect," Hubbard said at the Center for Advanced Space Studies. NASA looks forward to its return to space EditorialUnion-Tribune Editorial. Human space exploration, he said, always will entail a certain measure of risk. The question before the space agency, and before the American public, is just what degree of risk is acceptable.

Bill Nelson only sat through a portion of the hearing. He showed up - just long enough to dump on Ed Weiler about VASIMR an interesting advanced propulsion system - and then left. What a space supporter. Nelson couldn't even sit through the entire hearing.

The amount of money for VASIMR being discussed is rather small in the larger scale of things - several tens of millions of dollars. But it is not insignificant. Given Nelson's interest in this propulsion project led by one of his crewmates on his space junket on mission STSCone would wonder how he evaluates the merit of other space projects vis- -vis the potential payback they provide.

There seems to be a bias at work here. What is it that the good Senator contributed to the mission that was worth this much money? Informed sources tell us that Nelson's contribution to this mission was best described as "ballast". Only then should we be able to calibrate his comments about the projects he thinks are important - and those that he does not.

Otherwise, all of Sen. Nelson's arm waving with regard to space policy should be viewed on face evidence: Shuttle Board May Open Files for CongressNY Times. Boehlert said negotiators were "now in the process of dotting i's and crossing t's" on an agreement for Congress to examine all of the testimony obtained by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, a member group led by Adm.

Space Is The Greatest Strategic Venue, Op Ed By Rep. Sadly, the business model that was the cornerstone of EELV has not materialized.

NASA wrestles over timeline for shuttle flightsMSNBC. Estimates and guesses range from "the end of the year" through mid Flights Likely to Resume, but NASA Itself May Enter New OrbitWashington Post.

NASA plans to re-examine shuttle fleet's durabilityOrlando Sentinel.

The process began late last year and is expected to take as long as two years to complete. Petersburg, Russia, where the two leaders met. The investigation suggests that NASA continued to tolerate risks in the shuttle, discounted safety concerns while it was in flight and, most troubling of all, suffers from systemic shortcomings that could result in another tragedy. Space Shuttle Leading Edge Foam Impact Test UpdateCAIB. Test supports theory foam doomed shuttleUSA Today. Wing Test Could Offer Breakthrough in Columbia InquiryABC News.

Use of Contractors By NASA ExaminedWashington Post. Inspections Were Lacking, Shuttle Panel Member SaysNY Times. It will be "a very, very thick report," he said, and will be presented in narrative form, from the start of the shuttle program. Demonstration flight not likely for space shuttleSpaceflight Now. Board sees pattern of deficiencies at NASAUSA Today. New Vehicle Needed to Propel Human Space ExplorationPlanetary Society. Aging of Shuttle Fleet Prompts ConcernsAP.

I'm not sure what value a historian's comments have with regard to the fitness of a space launch system. Moreover, Alex Roland's sole claim to fame is to be an anti-human spaceflight pundit.

Of course he is going to suggest that the Shuttle be grounded. Former NASA Administrator Goldin to Testify Before Columbia Investigation BoardSpaceRef. Dan Goldin and half a dozen other individuals will be interviewed in the Washington DC area instead of Texas. Interviews will occur in the next week or so. Does it pay off? Space-based research brings modest resultsHouston Chronicle. And other observers said that given the poor reputation of shuttle science among researchers, they were pleasantly surprised by the showing and hopeful for science that might be done on the international space station.

NASA budget cuts, delays endanger space experimentsHouston Chronicle. If the space agency doesn't restore some of the space station science facilities that it cut, "NASA should cease to characterize the station as a science-driven program.

NASA Cites Rescue Bid Possibility - Columbia Board Is Told Of Risky Shuttle OptionWashington Post. Panel to Monitor NASA's Return to SpaceAP. Problem of foam persistsHouston Chronicle. NASA had tested Columbia T-sealHouston Chronicle. Crucial T-seal stress-tested, then reinstalledOrlando Sentinel. However, the board investigating the accident contends the decision to reinstall the seal and fly it again raises troubling questions about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's approach to safety and managing risk.

Foam hit shuttles 7 times, panel saysAP. Safety and the shuttle, Op EdWashington Times. Bush to give the space program a tangible target in his next State of the Union address. Now that the fighting in Iraq has finished and the tax cut has passed, Mr. Bush must make the direction of the manned space program a priority. NASA Rethinks Paths For Shuttle DescentsWashington Post. Readdy, NASA's top space flight official. Reduce the risks, but let our shuttles flyOp Ed, Walter Cunningham, Houston Chronicle.

There will always be risk associated with manned space flight. There are also gains to be made from the exploration of space. We should reduce the risk to the point where gain to be made exceeds the perceived risk and then get on with the job. Charting A New Course For SpaceOp Ed by By David Acheson, Washington Post. Then either set it on a new path, with technology we can trust, or turn toward unmanned space science. Spacecraft designer calls for retirement of shuttleLA Times.

We ought to just stop going into space until we get a good vehicle. If we aren't willing to spend the money to do that, then we should be ashamed of ourselves. Gee Max, this "give up and stop flying" tone certainly wouldn't have been heard back in the Apollo days.

Indeed, had this attitude prevailed NASA wouldn't have done a redesign after the Apollo 1 fire or the Apollo 13 accident. Instead, NASA identified the problems, fixed them, and flew again. The sooner the better.

But to stop flying humans in space until we do? That would be signaling defeat - and a retreat from a human - and an American presence in space. Besides, if we did decide to retreat back to Earth I am sure many people would soon find ways to extend that hiatus indefintely. Orbiters need changes before fleet flies again, study findsOrlando Sentinel.

The goal is to "develop the effort required for safe return to flight. When Astronauts Were in Peril, OP EdNY Times. The interviewees were assured that their remarks would be kept confidential on the theory they would be more candid. It would be unfair at this point to renege and publish transcripts of what they said. But surely some means can be found to make all or most of this material public, either by deleting the names of those speaking or by summarizing their comments.

Same problems haunt NASA 17 years after Challenger loss, OpinionUSA Today. NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel: The Panel reports to the NASA Administrator and to Congress. This past week, I spent more than an hour on the phone with the woman [Sandra Torey sp ] who did the background checking and wrote this opinion piece.

Boy was that a waste of time. I specifically recall mentioning the ASAP several timeswhat it does, its charter, and its lineage. Yet she chose to either ignore or forget this. She also told me that she was not really familiar with the topic of space and that she was in a hurry to get this piece finished in the next day or so.

Millions of people read USA Today on a daily basis. As such, the staff of this newspaper owes it to their readers to take the time to get things right. If it takes a week or two for its staff to do the appropriate research so as to understand the facts, then that is how long it takes. To do otherwise - and cut corners - is to misinform their readers - which is exactly what has happened here.

Note to USA Today Editorial Board: NASA's committed to safety opposing viewpoint Fred Gregory, NASA, USA Today. Testimony of Admiral Harold Gehman Chairman, Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Brownback Participates in Space Shuttle Columbia Investigation Hearingpress release. Prober Faults NASA Shuttle JudgmentsWashington Post. Shuttle probers look to preventionWashington Times.

NASA scores low on safetyOrlando Sentinel. Harsh words for NASA are no surpriseUSA Today. But today Admiral Gehman, whose testimony had been scheduled for mid-March but was delayed because of the war in Iraq, contradicted Mr.

O'Keefe on four points, and Mr. O'Keefe promptly backed off on three of them. NASA 'Bureaucratic Fumbling' Seen in Shuttle ProbeReuters. Investigator rips NASA managers for rejecting shuttle imagesGovernment Executive. Probe finds safety oversights mar NASAUPI. He asked Gehman to include in his report how budget issues factored into the accident. House Approves Resolution Commending 20, Space Shuttle Columbia Debris Search Volunteers.

The House passed H. Hall D-TX as a tribute to the volunteers, by a vote of Public pays tab for NASA, then is told to get lostOp Ed, Orlando Sentinel. The idea that secrecy is the only way to guarantee NASA managers will talk openly is nonsense. Mike Thomas does not seem to be at all interested in whether such wide open access is the best way to get at the truth of what happened to Columbia and its crew - which is the actual intent of this investigation after all.

Which is more important, Mike? The people interviewed in this investigation watched their coworkers die. Don't you think that they are as interested - perhaps more so - in finding out what happened than you are? Whether or not this investigation should have been done with the absolute guarantee of privacy is now a moot point. Gehman made a pact with all of the people he interviewed, should he just go back on his word now?

What kind of precedent does THAT set? Using the same logic you put forth i. Did you attend a public school Mike? If so I'd like to see your grades. If they don't answer the questions, you remove them from their jobs and, if need be, you prosecute them.

Let's have a full blown witch hunt and a show trial. Are you suggesting that everyone be sworn in? To put people in such a confrontational setting is to presume that they may have something to hide. What a wonderful legacy for the crew of Columbia. NASA Procedures and Guidelines for Mishap Reporting, Investigating, and Recordkeeping. According to the CAIB public affairs office, the CAIB is following NPG Guidelines for Witness Interviewing " as it interviews NASA and contractor personnel in connection with its investigation of the Columbia Accident.

Included is the following phrase, part of a larger statement provided to each witness: NASA will make every effort to keep your testimony confidential and privileged to the greatest extent permitted by law. However, the ultimate decision as to whether your testimony may be released may reside with a court or administrative body outside NASA. Space officials can't dismiss shuttle caution signsOp Ed, USA Today.

Tolerance of any level of malfunction is a recipe for eventual disaster. Now it appears that this lesson still hasn't soaked into the consciousness of some top officials. Shuttle Panel Neutrality a ConcernWashington Post.

Board paid to ensure secrecyOrlando Sentinel. Bart Gordon Wants Access To Investigation Board's Testimony. There is a little bit of hypocrisy circulating here. Members of Congress pounded on NASA and the CAIB to have an "independent" investigation - i. I certainly understand the criticism being levied for putting these panel members on the payroll of the very agency they are supposed to be investigating - apparently with the specific intent of circumventing some of the requirements of FACA.

Nonetheless, the CAIB seems to have maintained their independence from the agency none the less - and this arrangement for reimbursement was done at the direction of its chairman, Hal Gehman, not NASA. Now Congress or at least some of its members, notably Rep. Bart Gordon want to change the rules again such that they have insight into the investigation.

That is, of course, a natural inclination on the part of Congress. However, looking at testimony minus only the name of individuals offers very little anonymity since it is rather easy to tell who the people are by virtue of where they place themselves in the overall system and what they talk about.

Such protection is often offered for 'whistleblowers' so as to lessen the chance of retribution when they return to work at their home agency. I suppose I could post a link to information as to which large aerospace corporations contributed money to the members of Congress making these complaints and then ask whether this makes the actions of both the companies and members of Congress suspect.

As the editor of NASA Watch, someone who has had to offer anonymity for many years to those who are critical of their agency, let me say that even under the most relaxed and cordial work environment, you simply cannot expect all people to speak openly and honestly about facts and events if they know that their name will be associated with their comments.

It is human nature. Congress allows witnesses to testify behind screens with their voice altered and also within closed sessions when they deem their anonymity to be required. One would think they'd extend the courtesy to other investigations of national importance if they want the truth to come out. You can argue whether or not this anonymous mode of getting testimony up front should have been the case, but the fact remains that the CAIB told all of these witnesses - and the public - before the witnesses opened their mouths that their testimony and identity would be held in confidence.

To change this after the fact is to invite everyone to question the honesty of their government, and a class action lawsuit. There is a middle ground that all involved need to find. Not to do so invites lawsuits from one party or another risking the chance that everything everyone says will become public knowledge. Perhaps if we did this out in the open in the first place, and accepted the fact that there would be some holding back, instead of cloistering everything, we would not find ourselves in this situation right now.

Lawmakers Seek Access to NASA TestimonyWashington Post. In establishing an enduring legacy for Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew, NASA seeks to enhance spacecraft design and flight safety by analysis of Shuttle debris through qualified and approved research. Columbia Accident Investigation Board Releases Working ScenarioCAIB. E-mails alerted NASA manager to possible shuttle damage, Orlando Sentinel.

What Would NASA Do If A Soyuz Landed In America? But what would happen if a Soyuz landed outside of the traditional recovery zone in Kazakhstan - such as on a large flat plain in America? This story contains links to the text of a number of previously unreleased NASA Soyuz contingency planning documents.

Statement of Sean O'Keefe before the Senate Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies. We cannot stop pursuing our ambitious goals. We cannot disappoint future generations when we stand at the threshold of great advances.

Chairman, I believe that NASA's FY budget request is well conceived and worthy of the favorable consideration by the Subcommittee. Columbia Tragedy Raises Questions Over NASA BudgetReuters. NASA backed for more fundingWashington Times. Columbia accident snarls NASA budgetOrlando Sentinel. But senators remained concerned. Live Worms Found in Shuttle DebrisAP. A question that intrigues many astrobiologists is the theoretical ability of life to survive transportation from one planet to another - such as within a rock blasted off of Mars traveling to Earth or vice versa.

Much more remains to be understood about the conditions that these small life forms endured as they returned to Earth as Columbia broke apart. The mission of the crew of Columbia may well have left us an unexpected and potentially profound legacy - a clue as to what some life forms can endure during a violent arrival from space onto the surface of a planet. NASA mulls in-space options for shuttle repairsMSNBC. So even as the independent investigation board has been narrowing down the exact cause of the Feb.

The effort would have required two or more spacewalks by the astronauts to unload the science experiments, the SpaceHab research module, equipment, water and more. NASA eager for foam testsOrlando Sentinel. Columbia could not be saved, NASA study showsSpaceflight Now.

Emergency crews hand off debris search to NASAAP. Suspicious pieces found in New Mexico sent to NASAAP. Forest Service teams scanning a mountainside Wednesday for what could be the westernmost edge of the debris field from the space shuttle Columbia.

Not Ready for Prime Time. Oblivious to How the Media Works in the Real World? ET on Columbia Evidence-Analysis of Key SlideEdward Tufte. The reports provided the rationale for NASA officials to curtail further research such as photographing the Columbia with spy cameras on the tiles during the flight.

Here is a close analysis of an important slide from a Boeing report. This discussion was prepared for a chapter on the cognitive style of PowerPoint in my new book Beautiful Evidence; the comments here therefore assess both the reasoning about the evidence as well as the methodology of presentation. SRB Return to Flight Camera ActivitiesNASA MSFC.

Program team to investigate in-flight camera coverage for STS ISS On-orbit Status 28 Apr Recovery of key shuttle seal could refocus investigationOrlando Sentinel. O'Keefe will visit Russia to meet crew, space chiefHouston Chronicle. NASA Official Urges a Focus on Potential ProblemsNY Times. Shuttle investigators are zeroing inMSNBC. NASA to add safety enforcerOrlando Sentinel. O'Keefe Rejects Idea That NASA Has Grown ComplacentWashington Post.

What the Post's Eric Pianin has omitted a habit of his is that O'Keefe said in the same afternoon session with reporters that Pianin and a number of us attended that he had directed NASA's Michael Greenfield to contact Vaughan and that she had yet to return that phone call. O'Keefe expressed interest in hearing what she had to say. Pianin would have you think, by the tone of his article, that NASA is not interested in what she has to say.

More sloppy and in this case misleading reporting from the Washington Post. Retooling NASA's cultureChristian Science Monitor. NASA Culture, Shuttle Losses May Be LinkedDiscovery.

Board to revamp NASA management organizationSpaceflightNow. NASA culture is broke. Yea, I use that term too when I describe problems - pre- and post- Columbia and I don't disagree in a generic sense.

Yet the media seems to be using the word as generic buzzword for a specific issue they just don't seem to be able to describe. Bill Harwood at SpaceflightNow has taken the time to parse the topic - not just with short quotes, but with long quotes - and some thinking.

Fallout won't hit Marshall, Cramer saysHuntsville Times. NASA managers say they want the shuttle to launch early next year. NASA Employee Chargerd with Stealing Columbia DebrisThe Smoking Gun. Michael Pankiewicz, who worked as a quality assurance specialist at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, was one of many NASA employees entrusted with searching for and collecting pieces that fell to earth following the Columbia's February 1 explosion.

NASA Mistakes Will Repeat Without Changes, Board ToldWashington Post. The focus was on the limits of perfectability in an inherently risky operation.

NASA still has blind spots, expert tells panelOrlando Sentinel. NASA Says Shuttles Could Fly Again Within a YearReuters. Yes, I think it's possible," Kostelnik said. We'll have to wait and see. Shuttle chief to stay till successor foundOrlando Sentinel. Transcript of 23 April Press Teleconference with Ron Dittemore and Mike KostelnikNASA HQ.

Do you still subscribe to the notion that there really wasn't anything that could have been done? I think at the time, if you are asking me about that particular response, it was directed toward did I have a tile repair capability, and the answer is I don't have a tile repair capability on orbit, but that is one activity that we have extended an opportunity for our teams to reevaluate and we are pursuing the addition of a tile inspection repair capability for future flights.

That is being evaluated at this time, and we will determine whether or not that is a capability that will be implemented in the future. Space Shuttle Program Manager Decides to Leave PostNASA HQ. Special Message from Ron Dittemore to Space Shuttle Program EmployeesNASA JSC. However, after 4 years as Program Manager and after much thought and reflection, I have determined that the time is right to move on to other opportunities and allow new leadership time to prepare, execute a successful return to flight, and continue assembly and servicing of the International Space Station.

Columbia Accident Investigation Board Hosts Safety SeminarCAIB. Why is this event closed to the media and public? Will classified or proprietary information be discussed?

If not, then why go through the effort of telling people via a press release - and then tell them that they won't be allowed to know what transpires. In addition, shouldn't everyone know what sort of safety metrics the CAIB is going to be using as it formulates its findings and recommendations - especially given the microscope under which NASA's processes are being scrutinized by the CAIB? I just asked Adm. Gehman this same question during the CAIB press conference.

He said "We are going to cover much of the safety and risk assessment issues in public hearings. While noting that there is "no reason why the press could not be there" Gehman expressed a concern that the event should be closed such that "if a member of the board wants to demonstrate their ignorance I don't want them to be intimidated. I want [CAIB panelists] to be able to ask anything that he wants.

It is somewhat curious that Adm. Gehman can state that the lack of knowledge on the part of a panel member needs to be protected from public scrutiny while the panel itself makes a systematic review of NASA's performance and technical competence on technical issues. It is also somewhat hypocritical that it is permissible for some CAIB matters to be handled behind closed doors while huge piles of internal NASA email are being offered up for public consumption and NASA's way of doing business is held up for detailed scrutiny.