SPACE SHUTTLE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD CHARTER AMENDED
BBSNews - 2003-02-18 -- The NASA charter for the independent panel in charge of
the Space Shuttle Columbia accident investigation has been
amended. The changes allow the Space Shuttle Accident
Investigation Board additional flexibility in acquiring
support staff and expertise outside of NASA.
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe has indicated the charter
will continue to be updated as necessary to ensure the panel,
which is known as the Gehman Board, remains independent
during the course of the investigation.
On Saturday, Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr., announced the
addition of Dr. Shelia Widnall of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., to the panel. Dr. Widnall,
former Secretary of the Air Force from 1993 to 1997, is a
world-renowned expert in aircraft turbulence and spiraling
airflows. She will begin meeting with the other members of
the Gehman Board Thursday, Feb. 20, in Houston.
An updated copy of the board's charter and letter from the
NASA Administrator is on the Internet at www.nasa.gov.
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