Sailing With Columbus Was Never Safe
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Science Committee joint committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC 12 February 2003. The committee is investigating the 01 February accident of the Space shuttle Columbia (STS-107) that killed all seven crew members. A photo of the crew of STS-107 is on the screens in the photo. AFP File Photo by Luke Frazza |
Sacramento - Apr 23, 2003
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Automating The Shuttle Truck Will Save Lives
Sacramento - Apr 23, 2003
Developing a fully automatic docking system for the Shuttle would be quite feasible, but it might take a couple of years and would certainly be the one genuinely expensive and complex technological change necessary to fly the Shuttle unmanned. And when you are talking about docking a 90 metric ton Shuttle to a manned Station, you obviously want to make sure that such a guidance system is extremely reliable.
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