Jul 4 1996
From The Space Library
Reuters News Service published an internal NASA memorandum written by an independent safety commission, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, cautioning NASA against cutting the budget for the Shuttle program too quickly. According to the panel's analysis, NASA's attempts to reduce costs by conducting fewer Shuttle safety inspections and by transferring responsibility for day-to-day operations of the Shuttle program to United Space Alliance had demoralized NASA's workforce at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The memo made clear the opinion of the safety inspectors: "Overall, it was the clear consensus of the team that a cooling off period is absolutely necessary if KSC operations are to continue safely ... without this hiatus the safety risk is likely unacceptable."
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