Dec 13 1996
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel reported its findings on the safety of the Space Shuttle program, concluding that aggressive cost-cutting measures had not increased risks. The review responded to critics who had suggested that measures, such as outsourcing flight operations, had been too drastic, causing a precipitous decline in NASA workers' morale. Administrator Daniel S. Goldin, responsible for making NASA a more fiscally lean organization, praised NASA's "clean bill of health." However, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel warned NASA about challenges that would arise during the assembly of the ISS, cautioning those in favor of cutting the budget against trimming NASA's funds too drastically.
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