NASA reassigns shuttle official
Posted: Tue, Jun 27, 2006, 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
NASA abruptly reassigned an astronaut who had been serving as a key official with oversight of the safety of the pending shuttle mission. Charles Camarda, who flew on the STS-114 shuttle mission last year, had been working since last fall as the director of engineering at the Johnson Space Center, a position that made him a member of the mission management team (MMT) that will oversee the STS-121 shuttle mission scheduled for launch on Saturday. Camarda revealed in an email memo Monday that he had been "fired" from that position because he refused tor relinquish his seat on the MMT, and had been reassigned to a position with the NASA Engineering and Safety Center. The events that led to Camarda's reassignment were not immediately clear, and both NASA and Camarda declined to comment on the issue with the media. In his memo, Camarda wrote that "I cannot accept the methods I believe are being used by this Center to select future leaders." Camarda will be replaced by Steve Altemus, deputy director of engineering at JSC who last month was named as director of a new engineering office at KSC.
NASA abruptly reassigned an astronaut who had been serving as a key official with oversight of the safety of the pending shuttle mission. Charles Camarda, who flew on the STS-114 shuttle mission last year, had been working since last fall as the director of engineering at the Johnson Space Center, a position that made him a member of the mission management team (MMT) that will oversee the STS-121 shuttle mission scheduled for launch on Saturday. Camarda revealed in an email memo Monday that he had been "fired" from that position because he refused tor relinquish his seat on the MMT, and had been reassigned to a position with the NASA Engineering and Safety Center. The events that led to Camarda's reassignment were not immediately clear, and both NASA and Camarda declined to comment on the issue with the media. In his memo, Camarda wrote that "I cannot accept the methods I believe are being used by this Center to select future leaders." Camarda will be replaced by Steve Altemus, deputy director of engineering at JSC who last month was named as director of a new engineering office at KSC.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Thursday, July 30
SpaceX looks to compete with the carriers
Semafor — 7:26 am ET (1126 GMT) Rocket Lab To Launch HASTE Missions From Alaska Under USSF Contract
Aviation Week — 7:24 am ET (1124 GMT) Space Force to Launch 18 Comms and Targeting Missions by End of 2027
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 7:23 am ET (1123 GMT) SpaceX Starship Heat Shield Can’t Support Rapid Flights, Experts Say
Bloomberg News — 7:20 am ET (1120 GMT) SpaceX Begins Recovery Of First Flown Starship V3
Aviation Week — 7:18 am ET (1118 GMT) |
