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Board Investigating Columbia Space Shuttle Accident Faults NASA's Culture.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2003
By Robyn Suriano, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 27--WASHINGTON--America's "can-do" space agency should be able to fix the shuttle and get it flying again, but it may not be up to an even bigger and more important challenge: Fixing itself.
Harold Gehman, chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, said Tuesday that he had no doubt NASA would address safety issues with "vigilance," "zeal" and "attention to detail."
But in the next breath, Gehman warned that deeper problems embedded in the culture of the space agency might creep back and undo any short-term improvements after just a few flights.
"The board is concerned that over a period of a year or two, the natural tendency of...
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