Article: DREAM DIES WITH SHUTTLE EXPLOSION.(Main)

Byline: Tom Scherberger

Here's what was supposed to happen:

After 25 years of virtual obscurity, Marshall Space Flight Center would be showered with praise for leading two important scientific ventures into space. This would be its year of glory.

And William R. Lucas, Marshall's strong-willed leader for the last 12 years, would step forward to take a long-deserved bow. After more than 30 years of quietly climbing to the top of the NASA bureaucracy, Lucas finally would be recognized as a space pioneer. It would be his year of glory, too.

Instead, this has been Marshall's year of shame. And Lucas, 64, has found himself defending his ...

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