Number	21088
Subject	Space
Source	Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.)
State	FL
Year	2003
Publication Date	Feb. 1-Sept. 14
Summary	These stories are about the Columbia space shuttle accident. They include pieces on the frequency and severity of foam impacts on previous shuttles;a story that Columbia mission engineers had been worried about possible damage by the foam strike but had been dismissed by their superiors; reporting on the behind-the-scenes debate over whether to seek imagery of the damage and about the inadequacies of the efforts to try to predict damage; a story on how accident investigating board members were being paid by NASA in order to get around federal-open meeting requirements; and a look at 6 other chronic shuttle problems that have been accepted as "normal" by NASA engineers, just as foam was accepted.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	77
Keywords	Columbia Space Shuttle;NASA;accident investigation;foam;Columbia mission;NASA engineers;Columbia Accident Investigation Board;engineering reports;astronauts;Mission Control;Challenger;Edwards Air Force Base;Atlantis;Endeavor;Discovery;Marshall Space Flight Center;insulation;debris;tiles;United Space Alliance;wing failure
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