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No more nasa firings Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://publicbroadcasting.net/wbur/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=541638 http://publicbroadcasting.net/wbur/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=541638 NASA Chief: No More Firings Because of Columbia Loss Traci Watson (2003-09-04) WASHINGTON -- Worried NASA employees can rest easier. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said Wednesday that no more employees who played a role in the space shuttle Columbia accident will lose their jobs, even though an independent panel of investigators says numerous staff members played a role in the loss of the shuttle. The Columbia Accident Investigation Board did not tell NASA to fire or transfer any of its staff. But in a report released last week, the board described misjudgments that contributed to the accident and named those who erred. Between the shuttle accident Feb. 1 and the publication of the report Aug. 26, 15 managers in the space shuttle program either left NASA or were reassigned. Eleven senior managers at NASA headquarters in Washington also left or took new positions. Those who remain will try to help NASA recover from the tragedy and change a ''culture'' that the accident board said contributed to the Columbia accident. ''The leadership team that's in place right now, this is the group that's going to be moving forward,'' O'Keefe said. ''I've got tremendous confidence in this team.'' O'Keefe's statement indicates that he is retaining several NASA managers who have drawn heavy criticism. Among them: William Readdy, associate administrator for the office of spaceflight, and Frederick Gregory, deputy administrator. Critics have called for the resignations of both men. Members of Congress expressed dissatisfaction Wednesday with the number of people who have lost their jobs because of their role in the Columbia accident. At a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., told O'Keefe that replacing the 15 managers in the space shuttle program seemed to achieve only ''half of accountability.'' Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., criticized the reassignment of Ralph Roe, who headed the space shuttle vehicle engineering office during the Columbia mission. After the accident, Roe took a senior position at a new NASA safety center O'Keefe formed in response to the accident. ''That doesn't indicate to me that you got it,'' Hollings told O'Keefe. To see more of USAToday.com, or to subscribe, go to http://www.usatoday.com © Copyright 2003, USA TODAY

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