1st comments on content and format of Columbia loss report.


http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/07/national/nationalspecial/07SHUT.html?th=&pagewanted=print&position=

Sounds like the comments on the larger issues, while rather obvious with
hindsight, may prove useful in the long term. A cynic might opine that
many of the same lessons could have been learned from Challenger, but, as
time
diluted the impact of the loss,  weren't.

The general conclusions will be applicable to many other areas of high risk
endeavour.

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"The failings include an institutional culture that plays down problems, as
well as constraints from Washington that may have reduced the ability to
reach space safely.

The outline portrays the fatal Columbia mission as the tip of an iceberg of
problems that include communications breakdowns and an increasingly
complacent attitude toward warning signs. Budget pressures and
administrative shuffles add to the pressure on the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, the report suggests, and may have contributed to the
troubles."

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