Very sorry to hear this, Chris.

Yes, schedule pressure was a significant contributing factor to the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia disasters. But it was definitely not the only factor and it is also true that without some schedule pressure nothing ever gets done.

And for good reason.The senseless war on science including potential irreversible damage to NASA missions that will occur if programmatic decisions are carried out on the basis of the White House budget request & not the actual budget is another huge concern of mine. But that’s a different article.

Goddard Institute for Space Science??

It’s admittedly not easy to do but I think you did live there long enough to learn how to spell it correctly. 😏

Stay out of this, Whippany. Be smart and let Livingston take the heat.

Much appreciated!

For every tree that had to be removed, two new ones were planted.