Executive faces jail for defrauding Shuttle program

The chief executive of a Houston subcontractor to Rockwell International faces two years in prison and a $10 million civil settlement after pleading guilty to defrauding NASA's Johnson Space Center of as much as $8 million. Because Ralph Montijo Jr. is bankrupt, federal prosecutors said last week...

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