Review of Issues Associated with Safe Operation and Management of the Space Shuttle Program, Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel November 1996 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY At the request of the President of the United States through the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NASA Administrator tasked the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel with the responsibility to identify and review issues associated with the safe operation and management of the Space Shuttle program […]
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Month: December 1996
Keith’s note: RIF Watch has come across additional information from the Moscow meetings held in late November regarding the problems confronting the Russian Service Module. This is a follow-on to our earlier report. The Russians apparently do not understand NASA’s preoccupation with “schedule” and are often fond of pointing to their decades of experience with space stations when responding to NASA concerns. They have also tried to get NASA officials […]