It's very hard to foresee just how far and how sweeping the recommendations for change ultimately produced by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board will go.

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Yesterday, on Monday April 21, at 18:30 utc, I had a very nice radio contact with Don Pettit aboard ISS.

Any And All Amateurs

4/21/03 @ 18:30 UTC

Don Pettit was heard by me talking to at least 2 amateur stations at the date and time above.
Unsure as to whether or not this was a scheduled school contact, as this was a bad pass for my station.
If it was a random contact, any info from the stations contacted would be welcome here on the Fan Club site.

73's de N9OEW

Shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore plans to return to work in private industry, the Times quoted officials at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas as saying.

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The ARRL Letter from The American Radio Relay League reports that International Space Station Expedition 6 Crew Commander Ken Bowersox, KD5JBP, deftly managed 30 questions put to him this week during a 10-minute Amateur Radio contact with 15 New Jersey students.