CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) NASA says it has uncovered sabotage by a space program worker who deliberately cut wires inside a computer that was scheduled to be delivered next month to the international space station.What could this be all about?
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But Gerstenmaier had more news. He revealed that an employee for a NASA subcontractor had cut the wires in a computer that was about to be loaded into the shuttle Endeavour for launch."More news"? Yeah, apparently also released today was a report about an astronaut who was allowed to fly drunk...
The subcontractor, which he wouldn't name, contacted NASA 1 1/2 weeks ago, as soon as it learned that another computer had been damaged deliberately, Gerstenmaier said. Had the contractor not discovered the problem, NASA would have uncovered it by testing the computer before launch, Gerstenmaier said. Safety was not an issue, he added.
He refused to speculate on the worker's motive. He also wouldn't say where the sabotage occurred. He said it did not happen in Florida and had nothing to do with an ongoing strike at the Kennedy Space Center by a machinists' union.
NASA hopes to fix the computer in time for launch next month. It's intended to be installed inside the space station to collect data from strain gauges on a major outside beam.
This isn't your father's NASA...or maybe it is...
