Word: space
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...caution. More than 200 modifications have been made to the orbiter alone, and dozens of others to the rocket boosters and the fuel tank. Would-be whistle blowers are encouraged to / report problems anonymously right to the top. "The real challenge," says Richard Truly, NASA associate administrator for space flight, "is to make sure we don't strangle ourselves with being worried excessively about safety...
...shuttle's principal contractor, and Ria Solomon, a former worker at Unisys, a subcontractor. Both claimed they were victims of corporate retaliation for whistle blowing. Charges that there were serious lapses in safety, quality control and security have been substantiated in a two-month investigation by a House Science, Space and Technology subcommittee. It also found that in 1986 and 1987 NASA and its contractors may have cut corners in developing and reviewing vital flight computer software in order to keep the shuttle on schedule. Rockwell may not share NASA's improved attitude: the company continues to call such charges...
NASA's more immediate concern is proving that it can get Discovery safely into space and back again. Most Americans, who will be watching on launch day, are just as anxious as NASA to see the shuttle program back in orbit...
...would be a nightmare of subzero temperatures. Instead, naturally produced CO2 and other gases, mainly from plant and animal life, behave in the atmosphere like the glass in a greenhouse: they let the visible warming rays of the sun in but inhibit the escape of infrared rays back into space...
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