{"id":299,"date":"2013-01-30T05:57:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T05:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2013-01-30T05:57:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T05:57:22","slug":"wayne-hale-and-the-columbia-aftermath-rand-simberg-and-what-ended-the-shuttle-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Hale and the Columbia aftermath + Rand Simberg and what ended the Shuttle program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing\u00a0 his series on the Columbia disaster, former Space Shuttle flight directory and program manager <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayne_Hale\">Wayne Hale<\/a> writes about the memorials and the accident site activities\u00a0 in the months following the tragedy : <a href=\"http:\/\/waynehale.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/29\/after-ten-years-picking-up-the-pieces\/\" target=\"_d\">After Ten Years: Picking Up the Pieces &#8211; Wayne Hale&#8217;s Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find links to Hale&#8217;s previous posts <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=33\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=79\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Rand Simberg responds to some comments in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacesafetymagazine.com\/2013\/01\/29\/columbia-disaster-space-program-safety\/\" target=\"_d\">Space Safety Magazine<\/a> special report on Columbia : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transterrestrial.com\/?p=47358&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_d\">The Columbia Disaster &#8211; Transterrestrial Musings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing\u00a0 his series on the Columbia disaster, former Space Shuttle flight directory and program manager Wayne Hale writes about the memorials and the accident site activities\u00a0 in the months following the tragedy : After Ten Years: Picking Up the Pieces &#8211; Wayne Hale&#8217;s Blog. Find links to Hale&#8217;s previous posts here and here. === Rand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=299\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wayne Hale and the Columbia aftermath + Rand Simberg and what ended the Shuttle program<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=33","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":0},"title":"Wayne Hale and Columbia: &#8220;After Ten Years&#8221;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Former Space Shuttle flight directory and program manager Wayne Hale has two more installments in his series on the Columbia disaster: After Ten Years: Too Little, Too Late - Wayne Hale's Blog After Ten Years: Working on the Wrong Problem - Wayne Hale's Blog Some comments here: Too Little, Too\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":342,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=342","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":1},"title":"Wayne Hale: Enduring lessons from Columbia","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Continuing\u00a0 his series on the Columbia disaster (see earlier item), former Space Shuttle flight directory and program manager Wayne Hale writes about the ten lessons learned: After Ten Years: Enduring Lessons - Wayne Hale's Blog.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":79,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=79","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":2},"title":"Wayne Hale and Columbia: &#8220;The moment of truth&#8221;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In the latest entry in his series on the Columbia disaster, former Space Shuttle flight directory and program manager Wayne Hale writes about the actual day of the accident: After Ten Years: The Moment of Truth - Wayne Hale's Blog. 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