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For Release: March 13, 2000
Media Advisory m00-048a

ALL TIMES EASTERN



ADMINISTRATOR PRAISES WORK OF REVIEW TEAMS

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today praised the work of 
two panels reporting on NASA project management issues, noting 
that the teams "have done a great service to the Agency and to the 
Nation."

     The Phase II report by the Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap 
Investigation Board, led by Marshall Space Flight Center Director 
Arthur G. Stephenson, and the Faster, Better, Cheaper report by 
former Jet Propulsion Laboratory project manager Anthony Spear, 
are part of a top-to-bottom review of Agency programs Goldin 
chartered within the past few months.  

     The two reports released today join the work of another 
review panel, the Shuttle Independent Assessment Team, led by Ames 
Research Center Director Dr. Henry McDonald, which looked into 
Space Shuttle processing issues.  That report was released March 
9.  An additional review, by a team under former Lockheed Martin 
executive Thomas Young, is due to NASA this week, and after a 
short period of study will be publicly released later this month.


Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Peggy Wilhide 
(Phone:  202/358-1898).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-037.txt 



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