RTF Task Force and NASA Knock Heads
Shuttle panel divided over NASA compliance, MSNBC
“I heard things went non-linear on the first day when [task group member] Dan Crippen basically led a revolt,” against Tom Stafford and Richard Covey, the two former astronauts leading the group, the CAIB member told MSNBC.com on condition of anonymity. The revolt’s basic premise, this source said, was that NASA was not ready to fly since “none of the hard recommendations have been met and NASA is ‘diddling’ with the numbers to make it appear they are working.”