Stafford-Covey Task Group Holds First Public Meeting

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington August 1, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

Dave Drachlis
Stafford-Covey Task Group, Houston
(Phone: 256/544-6538)

Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-078

STAFFORD-COVEY TASK GROUP HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC MEETING

The Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (SCTG)
will hold its first public meeting at 11:30 a.m. EDT
Thursday, Aug. 7, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in
Florida. Task Group Co-chairman Richard O. Covey will be
available to answer news media questions immediately
following the meeting.

The public meeting and media availability will be in the
Debus Conference Facility at the KSC Visitor Center. Media
desiring to cover the meeting should contact Bruce
Buckingham, KSC Public Affairs, at 321/867-2468.

During their three-day KSC visit, the Task Group will
conduct organizational activities, tour Space Shuttle
facilities, and receive briefings on a variety of Shuttle-
related topics.

The Task Group was chartered by NASA Administrator Sean
O'Keefe to perform an independent assessment of NASA's
implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation
Board's final recommendations. The group is co-chaired by
Covey, who is a former Space Shuttle commander, and retired
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General, and Apollo commander,
Thomas P. Stafford.

Additional information about the Task Group is available in
the Return to Flight section of the NASA Web site home page:

http://www.nasa.gov/news/highlights/...roup_bios.html
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