Sonja Alexander/ Adam Mahone
Headquarters, Washington, DC                   August 7, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

RELEASE: 01-159

NASA ANNOUNCES NEW AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL MEMBERS

     NASA has named six new members and eight new consultants 
to the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.

The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) is a senior 
advisory committee reporting to NASA and the U.S. Congress. 
The panel was established by Congress after the 1967 Apollo 1 
spacecraft fire, which killed U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed 
White and Roger Chaffee.

New members include:
*  Otto Goetz, former Chief Engineer of the Space Shuttle 
Main Engine (SSME) Project;
*  Sid Guttierrez, former astronaut, currently Manager of the 
Physical Sciences Department, Sandia National Laboratories;
*  Shirley McCarty, former Principal Director of Software 
Engineering at The Aerospace Corporation;
*  Retired Admiral Paul Reason, former Commander in Chief, 
U.S. Atlantic Fleet;
*  Roger Schaufele, Professor of Aircraft Design, California 
State University;
*  Robert Sieck, former Director of Shuttle Processing, NASA 
Kennedy Space Center.

New Consultants include:
*  Dr. Wanda Austin, Senior Vice President, The Aerospace 
Corporation;
*  Richard Bruckman, former Director of the FA-18 Weapon 
System Support Activity, China Lake;
*  Dr. Ulf Goranson, former Chief Engineer at Boeing's 
Structure Labs;
*  Dr. Bernard Harris, former astronaut, currently Director 
of The Harris Foundation;
*  Dr. Nancy Leveson, Professor, Aeronautics Department, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
*  Forrest McCartney, former Vice President for Launch 
Operations, Lockheed Martin;
*  Julian May, former Vice President for Technical 
Operations, Delta Airlines; 
*  Art Zygielbaum, former Technical Lead, NASA Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory.

Additional information on the Panel may be found on the 
Internet at:
    http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/codeq-1.htm
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