Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington             March 7, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-1761)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N02-17

AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL PRESENTS REPORT TO NASA

     The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) gives its 
annual report to NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe at 1:00 
p.m. EST today.

The report will be presented to the Administrator in the 
Program Review Center, room 9H40, NASA Headquarters, 300 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC.

Each year, the panel reviews and evaluates current and 
future NASA programs and activities and reports its findings 
to the Administrator in a public session.  Priority is given 
to programs that involve the safety of human flight.

"While we have significant concerns for the longer term, at 
present safety is being well served by both NASA and its 
contractors," said Richard D. Blomberg, Chair of the Panel.

Following the Apollo spacecraft fire on Jan. 27, 1967, 
Congress enacted legislation to establish the ASAP as a 
senior safety advisory panel to NASA.

The ASAP report will be available at 1:00 p.m. via the World 
Wide Web at:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/codeq-1.htm

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