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Article: Former NASA Engineer Tried to Warn White House of Impending Disaster.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- February 3, 2003
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The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 3--Less than two months ago, the White House rejected the warnings of a retired NASA engineer who urged the government to halt all space shuttle launches "to prevent another catastrophic shuttle accident," records show.
Don Nelson, a longtime NASA supervisor and mission planner going back to the first lunar missions, said he left the agency four years ago because of grave concerns about its safety program.
Ever since, he has devoted himself to persuading government officials that a disaster was imminent if NASA did not install an escape module that would allow the crew to eject from ...