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NASA May Fly Before Changes Are Implemented

Posted by michael on from the wing-and-a-prayer dept.

kmak writes "According to CBS News, NASA might fly again early next year before changes are made to the management. The changes were requested due to the Columbia accident.. what will happen this time?"

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  1. History by aridhol · · Score: 4, Insightful
    History has shown that, even with the current management, space flight is safe. It has a fairly low accident rate compared with other industries. However, when the do have an accident, it is large and spectacular; everybody sees it, so everybody wants change.

    That said, they have identified procedural problems that caused risks. Learn from your mistakes, and move on. You don't need a huge overhaul in management before you can listen to your engineers say "Hey, I think something's wrong here". You listen to your people, and act on their advice.

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