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NASA Balloon Crash Report Released

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
October 23, 2010
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NASA Releases Report About Australia Balloon Mishap
“A NASA panel that investigated the unsuccessful April 28 launch of a scientific balloon from Alice Springs, Australia, has released its report. The board was led by Michael L. Weiss of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The board’s report listed 25 proximate, intermediate and root causes related to insufficient risk analysis, contingency planning, personnel training, technical knowledge, government oversight and public safety accommodations.”

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