Paul W. Dixon
Registered Senior Member
SUPERNOVA FROM EXPERIMENTATION AT FERMILB
SUPERNOVA FROM EXPERIMENTATION AT FERMILAB
Most cordial thanks to paulsamuels for his welcome and timely assistance in this tragic concern. What follows is an accounting of the government response to safety issues before the last flight of the Columbia space shuttle.
"Fears of a catastrophic shuttle accident were raised last summer with the White House by a former NASA engineer who pleaded for a presidential order to halt all further shuttle flights until safety issues had been addressed. In a letter to the White House, Don Nelson who served with NASA for 36 years until he retired in 1999 wrote to President George W. Bush warning that
'intervention' was necessary to prevent another catastrophic space shuttle accident."
"During the last 11 years at Nasa, Nelson served as mission operation evaluator for proposed advanced space transportation projects. He was on the initial design team for the space shuttle. He participated in every shuttle upgrade until his retirement." (The Guardian, Front page, Nasa chiefs 'repeatedly ignored' safety warnings, Peter Beaumont Sunday February 2 2003, The Observer)
The point may be well taken that government officials may be indifferent to safety concerns. In the case of high-energy physics, the loss of life due to a laboratory mischance will encompass all mankind in one final awful catastrophe!
All the children will thank you for most kind actions on their behalf - and may the good God have mercy on our souls.
Every Best Wish,
Yours sincerely.
Paul W. Dixon, Ph.D.
Supernova from Experimentaton
SUPERNOVA FROM EXPERIMENTATION AT FERMILAB
Most cordial thanks to paulsamuels for his welcome and timely assistance in this tragic concern. What follows is an accounting of the government response to safety issues before the last flight of the Columbia space shuttle.
"Fears of a catastrophic shuttle accident were raised last summer with the White House by a former NASA engineer who pleaded for a presidential order to halt all further shuttle flights until safety issues had been addressed. In a letter to the White House, Don Nelson who served with NASA for 36 years until he retired in 1999 wrote to President George W. Bush warning that
'intervention' was necessary to prevent another catastrophic space shuttle accident."
"During the last 11 years at Nasa, Nelson served as mission operation evaluator for proposed advanced space transportation projects. He was on the initial design team for the space shuttle. He participated in every shuttle upgrade until his retirement." (The Guardian, Front page, Nasa chiefs 'repeatedly ignored' safety warnings, Peter Beaumont Sunday February 2 2003, The Observer)
The point may be well taken that government officials may be indifferent to safety concerns. In the case of high-energy physics, the loss of life due to a laboratory mischance will encompass all mankind in one final awful catastrophe!
All the children will thank you for most kind actions on their behalf - and may the good God have mercy on our souls.
Every Best Wish,
Yours sincerely.
Paul W. Dixon, Ph.D.
Supernova from Experimentaton
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