Re: Shuttle safety up for good reasons!

From: Jorge R. Frank (jrfrank_at_ibm-pc.borg)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: 28 Jul 2004 19:56:35 GMT

mastershrink@aol.com (MasterShrink) wrote in
news:20040726162307.21388.00000502@mb-m18.aol.com:

> rk wrote:
>
>>Don't forget about this recommendation from the CAIB report:
>>
>> Recertification
>>
>> R9.2-1 Prior to operating the Shuttle beyond 2010, develop and
>> conduct a vehicle recertification at the material, component,
>> subsystem, and system levels. Recertification requirements
>> should be included in the Service Life Extension Program.
>
> I'm not sure how much this one will be adhered to. It depends how many
> shuttle flights remain by 2010. If ISS is only going to require, say,
> three more flights to complete by the end of 2010, NASA, or congress
> or whatever administration is in power might just say, screw
> re-certification and hope for the best on the last couple flights.
>
> I hope NASA isn't told "finish as much of ISS as you can by 2010...if
> you can't finish...tough" because that would create the same type of
> work-atmosphere that helped cause the loss of two orbiters already.

NASA's current attitude is that the re-cert requirement will not be allowed
to create schedule pressure to finish ISS by a certain date. 

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