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Sun, Mar 02, 2003

O'Keefe To Gehman: 'No.'

NASA Chief Refuses To Reassign Dittemore, Others

One day after the head of the board investigating the shuttle Columbia's demise asked that several NASA workers be removed from the probe, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe late Friday denied the request.

Conflict Of Interest?

Adm. Harold Gehman (USN, ret.) had asked that Shuttle Program Director Ron Dittemore and others be reassigned because they were, in essence, investigating themselves. But in an almost immediate reply, O'Keefe (right) refused to make the transfers.

"Despite your assurances that no conclusions have been made arising from the facts of the investigation at this time, simply reassigning personnel will not accomplish your stated goal," according to the letter, posted Saturday on the board's Web site. "I am convinced that this course of action will be viewed as prejudging the facts before the investigation is complete."

But There Will Be Changes

O'Keefe, however, did pledge changes designed to ensure NASA works better with the investigating board, and that those efforts would be led by professionals from outside the shuttle program management.

Columbia disintegrated Feb. 1, as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after a 16-day mission.

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