Dogged Engineer's Effort to Assess Shuttle Damage
"It was Tuesday, Jan. 21, five days after the foam had broken loose during liftoff, and some 30 engineers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its aerospace contractors were having the first formal meeting to assess potential damage when it struck the wing.
Virtually every one of the participants - those in the room and some linked by teleconference - agreed that the space agency should immediately get images of the impact area, perhaps by requesting them from American spy satellites or powerful telescopes on the ground.
They elected one of their number, a soft-spoken NASA engineer, Rodney Rocha, to convey the idea to the shuttle mission managers.
Mr. Rocha said he tried at least half a dozen times to get the space agency to make the requests. There were two similar efforts by other engineers. All were turned aside. Mr. Rocha (pronounced ROE-cha) said a manager told him that he refused to be a "Chicken Little." "
Management ignoring engineers - this was the same root cause of the challenger accident. Last time it was an Oring this time a piece of foam.
Via slashdot
Posted by pqbon at September 26, 2003 02:26 PMboth c shuttles mission wernt a accident.oring and foam was used as a excuse.030201 there was a bomb on the left wing something to do with mercury project...also i was in a mental hospital in southeast missouri and told them three times about it. there address is 1010 columbia.now im paranoid delugional is what they say. i wonder what they thing now.oh guess what all lings back to congress and al quiada and redlies which are bio agents that came to houston in 96...i have a letter from houston on who was involved in this project to blow up space shuttles....to remind you the second wave was to kill the president and other members of congress and others in the capital...
Posted by: eric phillips at March 8, 2004 07:07 AM