spacetoday.net: space news from around the webin association with SpaceNews


Report: NASA experts opposed latest station mission
Posted: Thu, Oct 23, 2003, 8:59 AM ET (1259 GMT)
ISS illustration (NASA) Several space station officials within NASA disapproved of plans to send a new crew to the International Space Station this month, the Washington Post reported Thursday. According to the front-[age article several NASA employees expressed concerns about environmental conditions on the station, including the inability to monitor trace levels of potentially hazardous contaminants in the station's air, as well as problems with exercise equipment and a defibrillator. Two NASA officials refused to sign a flight readiness certificate prior to last week's launch of Soyuz TMA-3, carrying the two-man Expedition 8 crew, and instead filed dissents outlining the problems they saw on the station. Many NASA officials have expressed concern with leaving the station unmanned, fearing the station's condition could quickly degrade without human intervention. NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe told the Post that officials held one final meeting shortly before the Soyuz launch and that he believed the dissenting officials were now "quite comfortable" with how their concerns were being addressed.
<<previous article   next article>>
news in brief
Starship explodes during preparations for static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jun 22 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)

French government leads investment in Eutelsat
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)

NASA further delays Ax-4 launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)

news links
Friday, July 4
The Inevitable Militarization Of Space?
Eurasia Review — 9:40 am ET (1340 GMT)


about spacetoday.net   ·   info@spacetoday.net   ·   mailing list