NASA engineers weigh foam impact on Columbia tile damage
NASA analyses assessed varying foam weight speed and left wing impact area as a possible cause of Columbia damage, noting no burn through or safety issue at the time. Officials stressed careful evidence review, with searches locating the shuttle nose cone and the hunt for missing left wing tiles to explain the disaster.
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Michael Kostelnik
NASA Spaceflight Office
William Readdy
Dittemore
Dillemore
Readdy
Louisiana
Columbia
Texas
Student dreams persist after Columbia tragedy
Nathan Munsterman, 17, a Springville High senior, still longs to become an astronaut after the space shuttle Columbia disaster. He plans to study space at the University of Iowa next year, noting the risk in any pursuit. A memorial moment of silence was observed at area schools.
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Springville High School
University of Iowa
Columbia
Rockwell Collins reviews NASA equipment ties after Columbia
Rockwell Collins searches its predecessor Rockwell International NASA contracts to determine if any equipment was used on the Columbia shuttle. Spokeswoman Nancy Welsh notes no known Rockwell communications gear aboard but possible navigation boxes could exist, all checked against NASA lists.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Rockwell Collins
NASA
Columbia
Nancy Welsh
Rockwell International
Rockwell Rocketdyne
Boeing Aerospace
Welsh
Rockwell
Navy veteran recalls Challenger search in 1986
Marion resident Jeff Bell, then aboard the USS Sampson, helped in the 1986 search after the space shuttle Challenger disaster off Jacksonville. He recalls the grim task of recovering debris and even a portion of Christa McAuliffe’s teaching materials as the mission extended to the Columbia incident memories.
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AP Photo Environmental Protection Agency
Tracy L. Clark
Douglass
Texas
Columbia
Andy Karr
Marion
Jeff Bell
Bell
Sampson
Seventh Ave
Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Cape Canaveral
Automation Systems & Controls
Mario
Christa McAuliffe
Budget shifts costs to states in Bush plan
President Bush proposes major budget changes shifting program costs to states and privatizing parts of health care, Amtrak, and other services. He vows to overhaul or retire underperforming programs, expand user fees, and grant states broader control over Head Start while boosting private delivery of government functions.
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Amtrak
Congress
Budget plan boosts crop insurance and conservation funding
The Bush administration proposes a 19.5 billion federal agriculture budget for next year, with an 18 percent rise in crop insurance to 3.4 billion and a 20 percent cap on insurer admin costs. Conservation programs would receive 2.6 billion, while the Food Safety system would be cut 10 percent to 678 million, and ethanol tax exemption extended through 2010.
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Washington
Bush
Agriculture
Ann Veneman
Department
America
Veneman
Iowa
Usda Food Safety and Inspection
Congress
History Center building deal moves through split vote
Langston cleared of legal conflict but abstained on the History Center proposal for 615 First Ave. SE. The plan seeks $800000 from the county, $275000 from Cedar Rapids, and rest from private donors for a 1.39 million mortgage. If funded, the county would lease to the center for $1 yearly with upkeep on them. Linn County residents would gain free museum admission. Bonds and budgeting scrutiny loom as staff review potential budget concerns and a possible additional vote.
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Langston
History Center
the Gazette
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Dave Morton
Linn County
Houser
Barron
Iowa
White considered for $80,000-a-year state post
Iowa Governor Vilsack endorses 59 year old White for a key human rights position. White, former director of the Iowa Commission on the Status of African Americans and former Washington High School staffer, would start April 1 and focus on education access health care and employment for African Americans Latinos and the disabled.
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White
Iowa Commission On the Status of
Washington High School
Southern Chnois University
University of Iowa
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