<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Columbia</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><description>Columbia</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Shuttle Safety Weighs Heavily on Fuel Tank]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56465-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56465-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA's inability to guarantee the external tank's safety lies at the center of the debate over plans to resume human spaceflight.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Warns NASA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45587-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45587-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA should not to rely too heavily on untested computer models to determine whether the space shuttle's orbiter is safe from potentially catastrophic damage and the shuttle is ready to return to flight, experts said Friday.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Foam Doomed Columbia Is Clarified]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58893-2004Feb20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58893-2004Feb20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A year after the Columbia tragedy, NASA has determined how and why the large piece of foam insulation that doomed the spacecraft broke off from the fuel tank at liftoff.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Looks Back and Moves Forward]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1915-2004Jan31.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1915-2004Jan31.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One year after the space shuttle Columbia fell out of a blue Texas sky in blazing fragments, the people of NASA are caught in a mix of euphoria over the Mars landings, hope for a rebirth of human space exploration a decade or so in the future -- and painful determination to return the shuttle to flight.]]></description><author> Kathy Sawyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Memorial, NASA Chief Reflects on Fatal Errors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61271-2004Jan29.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61271-2004Jan29.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA's chief reminded employees Thursday that "the consequences of us not getting it right are catastrophic," as the space agency paused to remember the dead crew members of Columbia, Challenger and Apollo.]]></description><author> Marcia Dunn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Columbia, a Picture of Greater Shuttle Vigilance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23601-2003Nov30.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23601-2003Nov30.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A backward flip is one of several tricky inspection and repair operations being developed for future shuttle flights as a result of the Feb. 1 Columbia disaster, which killed seven astronauts and grounded the remaining shuttles until at least late 2004.]]></description><author> Kathy Sawyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shuttle Disaster Has Ripple Effect]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16354-2003Nov8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16354-2003Nov8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the nine months since the breakup of the space shuttle Columbia, NASA has struggled to strike a perilous balance aboard the international space station.]]></description><author> Eric Pianin and Kathy Sawyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Panel's Ex-Members Fault Shuttle Funding]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40870-2003Oct3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40870-2003Oct3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[About a dozen former members of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel charged this week that Congress, the White House and agency officials  still aren't addressing long-standing budget deficiencies  that contributed to the Columbia space shuttle disaster and could result in more  accidents.]]></description><author> Eric Pianin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Oversight Panelists Resign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55031-2003Sep23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55031-2003Sep23.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA was unprepared to discuss how it might reorder its suddenly vanished Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel,  whose operation  was criticized as ineffective in the aftermath of the Feb. 1 Columbia accident.]]></description><author> Kathy Sawyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shuttle Manager Details Changes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27146-2003Sep17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27146-2003Sep17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New manager discusses plans to improve communication and training, and to address the cultural issues within NASA that investigators concluded set the stage for the Columbia tragedy.]]></description><author> Kathy Sawyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying Corps Values, And More, at NASA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15630-2003Sep15.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15630-2003Sep15.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The worn cockpit seat from an SR-71 Blackbird spy plane sits beside the desk of embattled NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe in his office on the ninth floor at headquarters.]]></description><author> Kathy Sawyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATION IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21674-2003Sep16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21674-2003Sep16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Next Shuttle Flight Won't Make March Target <br>The next space shuttle flight, designed to test repairs that might have saved the Columbia, will not make the March target set by NASA and may not fly before mid-summer, a top space flight official said.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Is Critical of  Future Spaceflight Plans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57453-2003Sep10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57453-2003Sep10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Republicans and Democrats pressed NASA officials on Wednesday for guidance in drafting the space agency's policies for the coming year, noting that time is running out in the annual budget cycle.]]></description><author> Eric Pianin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Columbia Wreckage to Be Available for Research]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57935-2003Sep10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57935-2003Sep10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Workers at Kennedy Space Center are packing up the 84,000 pieces of the space shuttle Columbia for storage. But unlike wreckage  from the Challenger, some remnants will be available to researchers and perhaps someday put on display in a museum.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Faulted on Bid to Resume Shuttle Flights]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27836-2003Sep4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27836-2003Sep4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-N.Y.) said Thursday that NASA is rushing to meet an "unrealistic" deadline for resuming space shuttle operations and should take more time to absorb the lessons of the Columbia disaster and implement the recommendations of the accident investigation board.]]></description><author> Eric Pianin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Scrutinizing Space Program]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22268-2003Sep3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22268-2003Sep3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers returning from summer recess voiced dismay Wednesday over what they termed "shocking" findings that a careless and flawed management culture at NASA contributed heavily to the Columbia space shuttle disaster.]]></description><author> Eric Pianin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House Ponders NASA's Future]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61757-2003Aug28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61757-2003Aug28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A stinging report on the demise of the space shuttle Columbia is increasing congressional pressure on President Bush to resolve long-postponed questions about his plans for space.]]></description><author> Mike Allen and Eric Pianin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Chief Pledges He'll Make Changes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56281-2003Aug27.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56281-2003Aug27.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe vowed Wednesday that he will bring about the changes demanded by a report that pointed to pervasive management, communication and "culture" failures as the root cause of the loss of the space shuttle Columbia.]]></description><author> Kathy Sawyer and Eric Pianin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report Blames NASA Culture for Tragedy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50730-2003Aug26.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50730-2003Aug26.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/columbiashuttle</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:31:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The shuttle Columbia was lost because NASA allowed its engineering to grow careless, its safety system to wither, its communications to become muddled and prudent professional curiosity to become stunted, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board]]></description><author> Kathy Sawyer and Eric Pianin</author></item></channel></rss>