Ex-Marine to Manage Space Shuttle Program
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A former Marine officer who has held engineering and management jobs in three NASA centers is taking over as manager of the space shuttle program as the space agency tries to recover from the Columbia disaster.
William W. Parsons, 47-year-old director of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, was named the new manager of the space shuttle program, succeeding Ron Dittemore, who acted as NASA’s most prominent spokesman after the loss of Columbia.
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