[meteorite-list] NASA 'Sabotage'

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:34:21 -0700
Message-ID: <93aaac890707261434r6e8f9b58w7007622eb68e0984_at_mail.gmail.com>

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/orl-bk-nasacomputer072607,0,2959788.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines
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>From Orlando Sentinel
NASA reports sabotage of computer by worker who cut wires
Marcia Dunn
The Associated Press

July 26, 2007, 4:51 PM EDT

CAPE CANAVERAL -- A space program worker deliberately damaged a
computer that is supposed to fly aboard shuttle Endeavour in less than
two weeks, an act of sabotage that was caught before the equipment was
loaded onto the spaceship, NASA said today.

The unidentified employee, who works for a NASA subcontractor, cut
wires inside the computer that is supposed to be delivered to the
international space station by Endeavour, said Bill Gerstenmaier,
NASA's space operations chief. The worker also damaged a similar
computer that was not meant to fly to space.

The sabotage occurred outside Florida. Gerstenmaier did not identify
the subcontractor or where the damage took place.

NASA's inspector general office is investigating.

NASA hopes to fix the computer and launch it Aug. 7 as planned aboard
Endeavour. The computer is designed for use aboard the space station,
not the shuttle, and the damage would have posed no danger to either
shuttle or station astronauts, Gerstenmaier said.

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Received on Thu 26 Jul 2007 05:34:21 PM PDT