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Article: US space shuttle manager to resign
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 23, 2003
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US space shuttle manager to resign
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Ron Dittemore, head of the space
shuttle program at the US space agency NASA, announced Wednesday that
he will step down from the position at the end of the investigation
into the Columbia space shuttle tragedy.
"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," Dittemore said in a statement.
"The timing of my departure is based on what I believe will allow
for the smoothest management transition possible, as the pace of work
to return the shuttle to flight begins to ramp up."
During the first week ...