Table of Contents: Columbia Accident Investigation Board

Main Author:	United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
Other Authors:	Gehman, Harold W., United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Arlington, Va.] ; Houston, Tex : Washington, D.C. : Columbia Accident Investigation Board ; Distributed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003.
Physical Description:	6 volumes in 8 : color illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format.
Subjects:	Columbia (Spacecraft) -- Accidents. United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Management. Space shuttles -- Design and construction -- Safety measures. Space vehicle accidents -- United States. Space shuttles -- Accidents -- Investigation -- United States. Government publications.

Table of Contents:

Vol. 1-2 (issued with CD-ROM)
Vol. 3-6 (vol. 5 issued in 3 parts: appendices G.1-G.9; G.10-G.12; G.13). Vol. 1 dated August 2003; Vols. 2-6 dated October 2003.
The evolution of the space shuttle program
The Challenger accident
Columbia's final flight
Accident analysis
Other factors considered
Challenger accident and its aftermath
NASA human space flight culture
When to replace the space shuttle?
Decision making at NASA
Accident's organizational causes
History as cause: Columbia and Challenger
Implications for the future of human space flight
Crew escape and survival
Brittle fracture of A-286 Bolts
Solid rocket booster external tank attachment ring.