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http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/08/26/columbia_report/index.html
Excerpt:
NASA culture blamed in shuttle report
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By Paul Recer
Aug. 26, 2003 �|� WASHINGTON (AP) -- The destruction of space shuttle Columbia and the death of its seven astronauts were caused by a NASA culture driven by schedule, starved for funds and burdened with an eroded, insufficient safety program, investigators said Tuesday.
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board, in a wide-ranging analysis of decades of NASA history, said the space agency's attitude toward safety is little improved since the 1986 Challenger disaster, which also killed seven, and that without fundamental changes more tragedies will occur.
"The board strongly believes that if these persistent, systemic flaws are not resolved, the scene is set for another accident," the report said.
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