SHUTTLES, EMAILS, MP3's

Some may be interestted in the Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report.
This is the report containing the findings of the official investigation board into the Columbia disaster.

And this: NASA changes are urged

The e-mail discussions among engineers did not reach the mission management team, and engineers like Rodney Rocha, the co-chair of the debris assessment team, did not pass along their concerns. “They were separated from the decision-making process by distance and rank,” the report stated. In the management team meetings, which the board characterized as rushed and filled with preconceived conclusions, “Managers demonstrated little concern for mission safety.” And although mision management team chairwoman Linda Ham said that she never heard of the requests for photos, the board’s assessment was curt: “Managers’ claims that they didn’t hear the engineers’ concerns were due in part to their not asking or listening.”

“Managers asked, ‘Who’s requesting the photos?’ instead of assessing the merits of the request,” the report concluded. “Management seemed more concerned about the staff following proper channels (even while they were themselves taking informal advice) than they were about the analysis.”

Recording industry withdraws suit. Mistaken identity raises questions on legal strategy
The recording industry has withdrawn a lawsuit against a Newbury woman because it falsely accused her of illegally sharing music

But Ward, 66, is a "computer neophyte" who never installed file-sharing software, let alone downloaded hard-core rap about baggy jeans and gold teeth, according to letters sent to the recording industry's agents by her lawyer, Jeffrey Beeler.