Accident Board Questions NASA's Culture

Credit: COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD
Testing is essential to successful space flight because the environment is so unforgiving, but NASA's space shuttle program has "gambled" on simulations and analysis in making critical decisions over the years. In its first public hearing here, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) heard...

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