The next are a few of the statements made by Representatives concerning the lack of the Area Shuttle Columbia.
PRESS RELEASE
Date Launched: Saturday, February 01, 2003
Home Science Committee
Boehlert Assertion on Area Shuttle Columbia Tragedy
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Home Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) immediately launched the next assertion on the Area Shuttle Columbia tragedy:
“We’re in a interval of nationwide mourning. Our prayers are devoted to the heroic crew of the Columbia and their households. We’re reminded once more that our nation’s astronauts volunteer to place themselves in conditions of inherent threat and that we take their efforts an excessive amount of as a right.
“On the identical time, within the wake of this horrible occasion, NASA and the Congress should work collectively instantly to provoke essentially the most full and thorough investigation doable in quest of all of the information.”
PRESS RELEASE
Date Launched: Saturday, February 01, 2003
Rep. Rohrabacher
Rohrabacher Reacts to Lack of Area Shuttle Columbia
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Consultant Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) mourns the lack of Columbia’s crew. Our ideas and prayers exit to the households of the Columbia Area Shuttle crew. It is a horrific loss for the nation in addition to the world, however we must always not overlook the final word sacrifice someday area exploration requires of women and men who’re devoted to pushing the boundaries. We should not lose sight of the truth that our continued drive to the celebrities serves as a tribute to those that make that sacrifice within the title of humanity.
Earlier immediately, NASA officers reported that the households of Columbia’s crew’s have a easy request of our area program: discover out what occurred, repair it, and transfer on. Nobody might say it any higher. Now’s the time for the Administration and Congress to help the efforts of Sean O’Keefe and the nice folks of NASA to analyze the occasions that led as much as immediately’s tragedy.
As soon as the issue is recognized, we have to get shifting on this nice journey as shortly as doable. We should proceed to seek out new methods to bettering our area program by discovering new progressive applied sciences. We should do that for our nation, our kids, and for the households of Columbia’s crew.
PRESS RELEASE
Date Launched: Sunday, February 02, 2003
Rep. Dave Weldon
Rep. Weldon Assertion on the Area Shuttle Columbia Accident
Kennedy Area Middle, FL —U.S. Congressman Dave Weldon (FL-15) launched the next assertion within the wake of the Area Shuttle Columbia accident.
I mourn the lack of 7 courageous women and men immediately. These devoted pioneers — Commander -Rick Husband, Pilot-William McCool, Payload Commander – Michael Anderson, Specialist – Kalpana Chawla, Specialist – David Brown, Specialist – Laurel Clark and Specialist – Ilan Ramon — gave their lives within the title of science and exploration. It is a tragic day for America, for Israel, and for the world and we are going to perpetually be of their debt.
Whereas we should be taught the reason for this tragedy, and I do know NASA will likely be working diligently to take action, we should not let this deter our exploration efforts. We should always by no means retreat from our progress in area exploration.
We are going to reevaluate, nonetheless, how we conduct our human area flight operations, we are going to reexamine our processes, and we are going to discover ways to make area flight safer. Then we are going to return to area. I consider the crew of Columbia would count on nothing much less.
“I’d ask all People, and, certainly, everybody around the globe, to maintain the households, buddies, and colleagues of those heroic astronauts in your ideas and prayers. Their contribution to opening the frontier won’t be forgotten,” stated Rep. Weldon.
The next are a few of the listening to charters, listening to transcripts, and opening statements for a few of the numerous Home Committee on Science hearings concerning Columbia.
Home Committee on Science Subcommittee on Area and Aeronautics and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation—Joint Listening to on Area Shuttle Columbia
This data was initially positioned on the Home Committee on Science Subcommittee on Area and Aeronautics, 108th Congress – 1st Session Web page and on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s web site.
Full Committee Listening to on NASA’s FY 2004 Price range Request
This data was initially positioned on the Home Committee on Science Full Committee Listening to 108th Congress – 1st Session web site.
Full Committee Listening to on The Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report
This data was initially positioned on the Home Committee on Science Full Committee Listening to 108th Congress – 1st Session web site.
Full Committee Listening to on NASA’s Response to the Columbia Report
This data was initially positioned on the Home Committee on Science Full Committee Listening to 108th Congress – 1st Session web site.
Full Committee Listening to on NASA’s Organizational and Administration Challenges within the Wake of the Columbia Catastrophe
This data was initially positioned on the Home Committee on Science Full Committee Listening to 108th Congress – 1st Session web site.
