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Congress to Probe Shuttle Safety
By Alex Canizares
Special to space.com
posted: 07:08 am ET
23 September 1999
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WASHINGTON (States News Service) - Concerns about wiring problems on NASA's space shuttles gave the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics an opportunity to hold a hearing on shuttle safety, a congressional spokesman saidWASHINGTON (States News Service) - Concerns about wiring problems on NASA's space shuttles gave the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics an opportunity to hold a hearing on shuttle safety, a congressional spokesman said. The hearing, scheduled for Thursday, "will be to learn more about how the programs are being managed and the state of space shuttle safety," said Jeff Lungren, spokesman for the House Science committee. "[The wiring issue] gave us a good opportunity to have NASA, among others, come up and testify and give us an update," Lungren said. The shuttle Columbia's hydrogen leak and frayed wire, which caused the engine computer to short during launch in July, are going to be discussed, another congressional source said. NASA officials Frederick D. Gregory, associate administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance and William F. Readdy, deputy associate administrator for space flight, will testify to the subcommittee. "They will give their assessments of the problems with the wiring, the shuttle inspection and refurbishment as a whole," said NASA spokesman Dwayne Brown. The subcommittee will also ask the NASA officials to reveal whom it has chosen to sit on NASA's newly-formed independent panel also concerned with wiring issues. Michael J. McCulley, vice president and deputy program manager of the shuttle builder United Space Alliance, will also address the subcommittee.
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