NASA hopes to resume manned flights in the spring of 2004

According to the heads of the agency, this depends on the pace of implementation of the recommendations of the investigative committee to examine the circumstances of the Columbia ferry crash. The managers promised to implement the conclusions "to the last letter" and not to challenge them

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The American space agency hopes to resume manned flights into space in March 2004, but this depends first and foremost on the implementation and drawing of all the lessons from the recommendations of the commission of inquiry to examine the circumstances of the Columbia shuttle crash. This is what senior NASA officials said today (Tuesday), including the deputy head of the agency, Bill Reddy.

NASA said that they intend to implement the conclusions of the investigation committee "to the last letter", and not to challenge or argue with the committee's opinion, no matter how serious it may be. The committee is supposed to deliver its report of conclusions at the end of the month.

"We will do the right thing," promised Fred Gregory, NASA's deputy administrator, at a press conference at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. He emphasized that NASA will do whatever it takes to restore the shuttle fleet to regular operations. Gregory and his colleagues gathered in Texas for their first meeting with a team of 27 non-Agency experts. The goal of the team, which is headed by two former astronauts, is to make sure that NASA actually implements the recommendations of the investigative committee.

The team was established, among other things, in light of voices heard from members of the investigative committee who said that its conclusions would be pointless if NASA did not act to change the decision-making processes in the organization. in communication between the various arms and wings.

The deputy head of the agency Reddy emphasized, however, that the date of the resumption of flights is subject to change, and it depends first and foremost on the pace of progress in implementing the recommendations of the investigation committee. He stated that there is no intention to push the implementation of the recommendations in order to meet a certain deadline. According to him, a date between March 11 and April 6 is a suitable date for the first launch after the disaster because it meets the new criteria that have been set, first of all a launch in daylight that will allow close tracking and monitoring.

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