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Upcoming Report on Space Shuttle Incident Blames Multiple Factors.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2003
By Michael Cabbage, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 6--HOUSTON--NASA's poor risk management, questionable policy decisions and constant budget battles were among the root causes of the shuttle Columbia accident, according to an upcoming report by the board investigating the mishap.
A detailed 10-page draft outline of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board's report obtained by the Orlando Sentinel presents a sweeping, hard-hitting review of the technical, organizational and political factors that resulted in America's second space-shuttle disaster. The report traces the accident's causes from the program's origins in the late 1960s to Columbia's breakup over central Texas on Feb. 1.
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