AIP FYI #118: Senate Appropriations Committee Language on NASA Space Flight | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference: "STATUS REPORT
Date Released: Friday, September 12, 2003
American Institute of Physics
AIP FYI #118: Senate Appropriations Committee Language on NASA Space Flight
As reported in FYI #117, the Senate Appropriations Committee has passed its FY 2004 spending bill for NASA, S. 1584. Not surprisingly, much of the language on NASA in the accompanying committee report (S. Rpt. 108-143) deals with the report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), and NASA's plans to return the space shuttle to flight. Selected portions of the report relating to the CAIB's findings, and NASA's Space Flight Capabilities, are highlighted below. The full report is available at http://thomas.loc.gov .
'NASA is at a crossroad in its history. Because of the tragic loss of the Shuttle Columbia, the Committee believes that both the Congress and NASA must make a renewed commitment to safety as the highest priority in the NASA budget.... We know more about the Columbia tragedy now that the Columbia Accident Investigations Board [CAIB] has issued its final report. The findings are disturbing but provide a foundation for NASA to assess and institute the substantial reforms that must be made to make a return to flight both safe and successful.' "

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