Mark Hess

Headquarters, Washington, DC December 2, 1994

(Phone: 202/358-1776)

RELEASE: 94-200

INDEPENDENT SHUTTLE MANAGEMENT REVIEW TEAM MEMBERS

NAMED

Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, former director of the

Johnson Space Center, today named the members of the
independent review team that will develop by March 15 a
proposal for innovative concepts and tools for managing the
Shuttle program.

The team, made up of aerospace executives, business

leaders and current and former NASA officials, was
chartered by NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. Kraft
was named to head the team on Nov. 23.

Kraft announced a five-member team including:

Ÿ Frank Borman, former Eastern Airlines Chief Executive

Officer and retired astronaut;

Ÿ George W. Jeffs, former President of Rockwell

International's North American Aerospace Operations;

Ÿ Robert E. Lindstrom, former Senior Vice President and

General Manager, Space Operations, Thiokol Corp. and
retired manager of the Space Shuttle Projects Office at
the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL;

Ÿ Thomas E. Maultsby, General Research Corp. Vice

President and former Senior Department of Defense
representative to NASA Headquarters;

Ÿ Isom A. Rigell, former Vice President, Florida

Operations for United Space Boosters Inc., and retired
Director, Shuttle Payloads and former Director, Launch
Vehicle Operations at the Kennedy Space Center, FL.

Technical advisors to the team will include:

Ÿ Jay Honeycutt, Director for Shuttle Management and

Operations at the Kennedy Space Center;

Ÿ David C. Leestma, Director of Flight Crew Operations at

the Johnson Space Center, Houston;

Ÿ William S. Mackey, Houston businessman and former

Chairman of the Board of Lifemark Corp.;

Ÿ John W. O'Neill, Director of Mission Operations at the

Johnson Space Center;

Ÿ George F. Page, former Deputy Director of the Kennedy

Space Center;

Ÿ Cary H. Rutland, Solid Rocket Booster Project Manager at

the Marshall Space Flight Center;

Ÿ Robert B. Sieck, Launch Director at the Kennedy Space

Center.

The team will assemble at the Kennedy Space Center

Dec. 5 to begin an assessment of Space Shuttle management
and operations. The review team plans two days of meetings
next week with NASA managers and contractors involved in
Shuttle operations at KSC.

They will convene the following week Dec. 12 at the

Johnson Space Center for meetings with NASA and contractor
personnel involved with Shuttle managment and operations
from both Johnson and Marshall.

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