Agencies tally Columbia costs - Price tag tops $380 million
Cleaning up the remains of space shuttle Columbia and investigating why it fell out of the sky will cost taxpayers more than $380 million, according to figures from the government agencies involved....
View ArticleFamilies of Columbia Crew Await Shuttle Report and Want It to Make a Difference
Seeing the thing that brought down the space shuttle Columbia filled Jon Salton with sadness. His sister, Laurel Clark, was one of the seven astronauts who died when the shuttle shattered on its return...
View ArticlePresident Bush Call Space Program 'Important,' Has Not Seen...
Following a meeting with economic leaders in Seattle, Washington yesterday, U.S. President George W. Bush was asked to comment on the upcoming release of the final report from the Columbia Accident...
View ArticleCongress Counts Down to Report on Columbia - Fiscal battle likely to follow...
In two days Congress will receive a major report on the shuttle disaster that will spark a funding battle with the potential to make or break the agency's human spaceflight programs. The 250-page...
View ArticleCongressmen: NASA Must Change 'Huge Blob Of Bureaucracy'
The report into the shuttle Columbia disaster will look hauntingly familiar to those who lived through the agony of Challenger. Technical defects and bad management at NASA brought down both ships. But...
View ArticleComputer Program That Analyzed Shuttle Was Misused, Engineer Says
he computer program that helped NASA mistakenly decide that the shuttle Columbia had not been deeply harmed by a piece of falling foam would have predicted serious damage if used properly, said the...
View ArticleFlawed NASA Culture Blamed for Columbia Disaster
WASHINGTON A flawed NASA culture is to blame for the Columbia shuttle disaster, according to a detailed, 200-plus-page report released Tuesday. Earlier Tuesday, NASA (search) leaders were bracing for...
View ArticleBush in the hot seat over shuttle's future
Bush in the hot seat over shuttle's future Lawmakers urge administration to set course By KAREN MASTERSON Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau THE INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON -- President...
View ArticleThe Right Stuff
I haven't read the Gehman Report on the Columbia accident in its entirety, though I've skimmed the whole thing, treading lightly on parts with which I'm already (unfortunately) all too familiar. These...
View ArticlePast Perfect, Future Misleading
<p>The Columbia Accident Investigation Board report was released on Tuesday.</p> <p>I haven't read it in its entirety, but I've skimmed the whole thing.</p> <p>The Gehman...
View ArticleFOIA Request Uncovers Previously Unknown NASA Accident Investigation Website
NASA recently posted a series of emails sent to officials of the NASA Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance in response to a Freedom of Information Act Request. Among the emails released...
View Article"Not Culture but Perhaps a Cult", Op Ed on NASA and the Shuttle by...
At the end of the movie "October Sky" which was based on my memoir Rocket Boys, there is a dramatic launch of the Space Shuttle. The director of the film wanted to show the transition from my small...
View ArticleNASA Begins Storing Shuttle Debris
Workers at Kennedy Space Center are packing up the 84,000 pieces of the space shuttle Columbia for storage. But unlike debris from the Challenger, some remnants will be available to researchers and...
View ArticleNASA safety panel members all resign
<p>Nine experts on a NASA space safety advisory panel have resigned in the wake of sharp criticism from the Columbia accident investigation board and by Congress, the space agency said...
View ArticleSpace Station No 'Accident Waiting to Happen'- NASA
NASA defended the International Space Station on Monday from a stinging rebuke by a safety expert who said the same inattention to safety that doomed the shuttle also lurked in the orbital platform. "I...
View ArticleShuttle's Return May Wait Longer
The space shuttle Atlantis, which was supposed to fly the first shuttle mission after the Columbia accident, may be grounded until late October 2004 because its nose wasn't thoroughly inspected during...
View ArticleBeyond the Moon: Inside Bush's Space Plan
The inside story of President Bush's space initiative. The Bush administration's new policy for America's space program represents the product of a year of difficult choices and balanced risk, designed...
View ArticleSpacehab Files Shuttle Claim Against NASA
Spacehab Inc., a maker of living modules for the U.S. space shuttle, filed an $87.7 million formal claim against NASA on Tuesday for equipment destroyed during the Columbia disaster, citing the...
View ArticleNASA Docks Contractor (United Space Alliance) $45.2 Million for Columbia
<p>NASA penalized the contractor that maintains and operates the space shuttle fleet $45.2 million for its role in the shuttle Columbia accident, according to a letter NASA released...
View ArticleShuttle Columbia Widows Recall Husbands
Speaking at the church where they have found solace since space shuttle Columbia broke apart, two widows of the astronauts said Sunday that their husbands followed their dreams into space. "The very...
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