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Columbia Accident Investigation Board: Final Report

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the closing-the-books dept.

ssclift writes "After nearly 7 months the Columbia Accident Investigation Board has released its final report into the February 1st loss of the Shuttle Columbia and all 7 crew members. This is more than a technical assessment of the immediate causes of the accident. Once again, sadly, the world's flagship space agency gets a thorough and grim review. Press briefings will begin at 11:00 EDT along with a webcast."

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  1. Accident Report by JeffWhitledge · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The total blame for the Colombia accident rests squarly on the shoulders of Kim Johnson of Springfield, MO." Ever have one of those days?

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  2. Looks like it's going to take a while... by NerdGirl82 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...for anyone to RTFA.

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  3. Re:The "Culture of NASA"???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Sound familiar anyone?

    Oh yeah, sounds exactly like my office. We were having foam strikes in the kitchen for the longest time. I had this nagging hunch that nobody was taking them seriously. I mentioned it in passing to a couple of my immediates, and they sort of agreed, but it never got any further than that. Really a shame. There was no reason for that coffee machine to go like that, it was just unnecessary. What a tragedy.

  4. Not another boring space launch! by yoshi1013 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "So how's the shuttle doing?"

    "Hmm, I don't know, all this equipment is for measuring TV ratings"

    :P

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  5. Re:At least they admit it... by Ciderx · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think Sean O'Keefe is already on Mars, after all, he thinks he's having a conversation with the teleportation expert from Star Trek, Miles O'Brien, eh?

  6. Privatized space exploration by greygent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fuck all this talk about privatizing space exploration, you people HAVE seen the Aliens films, right?

  7. Re:Oh so familiar... by mike77 · · Score: 1, Funny
    ...it has become more important to appear to have a product or strategy (or quality) than to actually have it.

    Oh, you work for SCO then?

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  8. Linux is better Re:The "Culture of NASA"???? by WolfWithoutAClause · · Score: 3, Funny
    Not using other's work? Not a problem Linux has.

    You see, with Linux we just rip off other people's work (hi SCO).

    ;-)

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