Article: SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM HEAD LEAVING.(News)

Byline: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- NASA's most prominent voice in the days following the Columbia accident announced today that he is leaving the space agency at the conclusion of the investigation into the loss of the shuttle.

Ron B. Dittemore, a 26-year veteran of NASA, served more than four years as head of the space shuttle program.

"My decision to leave the space shuttle program has been a very difficult one but is a decision I began struggling with long before the tragedy of the Columbia accident," he said. "The timing of my ...

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