Re: MSNBC (Oberg) - Deadly space lessons go unheeded

From: supernova (M104galaxy_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: 27 Jan 2005 11:47:12 -0800

The situation was even worse. Management cancelled a request to the Air
Force by the engineers to image the orbiter from space, flew the entire
mission upside down making ground-based imaging virtually impossible,
refused to use the advanced adaptive optics large telescope facilities
run by the Air Force on Maui and in New Mexico and refused to consult
their own image enhancement division, based in Huntsville, which
supplies state-of the-art image enhancement consulting to the FBI, for
example.

Management knew it had a serious problem shortly after launch--they
simply wanted to avoid negative publicity and hope for the best.
Result--one lost shuttle.

What has ever happened to Dittemore and Ham?

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