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New NASA Report Details Final Minutes of Columbia

NASA: STS-107 mission patch. NASA IMAGE NO: STS107-S-001When the first of many loud alarms sounded on the space shuttle Columbia, the seven astronauts had about a minute to live, though they didn't know it.

NASA released a new report this week on the ill-fated STS-107 Shuttle flight. News video here.

Does Obama Want to Ground NASA’s Next Moon Mission?

Getting into a shouting match with the HR rep is not exactly the best way to land a job. But according to the Orlando Sentinel, that's just what happened last week between NASA administrator Mike Griffin and Lori Garver, a member of Barack Obama's transition team who will help decide if Griffin keeps his post once the President-elect takes office. If the contretemps did occur, it could help doom not only the NASA chief's chances, but the space agency's ambitious plans to get Americans back to the moon.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1866045,00.html?cnn=yes

NASA Has Become a Transition Problem for Obama

CAPE CANAVERAL – NASA administrator Mike Griffin is not cooperating with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, is obstructing its efforts to get information and has told its leader that she is “not qualified” to judge his rocket program, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2008/12/nasa-has-become.html