Latest Update To Shuttle Implementatoin Plan To Be Released Nov. 24

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington November 21, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-126

LATEST UPDATE TO SHUTTLE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO BE RELEASED
NOV. 24

The latest version of "NASA's Implementation Plan for
Space Shuttle Return to Flight and Beyond" will be released
publicly Monday Nov. 24.

The plan is a periodically updated document. It demonstrates
the agency's progress in safely returning Space Shuttles to
flight and implementing the recommendations of the Columbia
Accident Investigation Board (CAIB).

Updates in the latest version of the plan include the Space
Shuttle Program's initial response to Volume II, Appendix D
of the CAIB report; NASA's process for handling Return to
Flight suggestions; and preliminary cost estimates for Return
to Flight.

The updated Space Shuttle Implementation Plan will be
available Nov. 24 at 9 a.m. EST on the Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov


For more information about NASA's Return to Flight efforts,
visit:

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





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