Jul 22 2004
From The Space Library
An independent panel of experts released an interim assessment of NASA's progress implementing recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB). The U.S. Congress had chartered the group ~ formally called the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (SCTG) ~ to provide independent evaluations of NASA's progress in meeting the CAIB's recommendations. The CAIB had enumerated safety and operational practices that NASA must implement before resuming Space Shuttle flights. In its interim assessment, the Task Group stated that NASA had successfully implemented two of the CAIB's recommendations: to define foreign-object debris and to create computer-accessible digital images of Shuttle hardware, taken at various stages of development and launch preparation. The Task Group would assess NASA's progress toward satisfying the other CAIB recommendations in future reports. (NASA, “Stafford-Covey Task Group Announces July 22 Public Meeting,” news release N04-108, 19 July 2004; NASA, “Statement of Sean O’Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate” (statement of testimony, Washington, DC, 8 September 2004), http://www.nasa.gov/pdf64686main_aok_/64686main_aok_testimony_090804.pdf (accessed 28 April 2009).
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