The new ASAP members are:
Rear Admiral Walt Cantrell, USN (Ret) Former Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Member, NASA Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group. Former NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel member
Vice Admiral Joe Dyer, USN (Ret) Former Commander, Naval Air Systems Command. General Manager, Military Systems Division, iRobot Corporation
Augustine Esogbue, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Intelligent Systems & Controls Laboratory, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Major General Rusty Gideon, USAF (Ret) Former Commander, U.S. Air Force Safety Center, and USAF Chief of Safety. Former Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command. Former Commander, Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center
Deborah Grubbe DuPont Corporate Director -- Safety and Health. Member, National Academy of Sciences. Former consultant, Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Rosemary O?Leary, J.D., Ph.D. Professor of Public Administration and Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, New York. Member, NASA Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group
John Marshall Delta Airlines, Vice President Corporate Safety and Compliance, Atlanta. Co-chair, Commercial Aviation Safety Team. Board member, National Defense Transportation Association
Steve Wallace Director, Office of Accident Investigation, Federal Aviation Administration. FAA representative to National Transportation Safety Board. Former Columbia Accident Investigation Board member
Rick Williams Corporate Safety Director, Alcoa, New York. Former Director, Human Resources, Alcoa Primary Metals, Knoxville, Tenn.
Brigadier General Joseph Smith, USA -- Ex-Officio Member Director, U.S. Army Safety Center, Fort Rucker, Ala.
The new ASAP will begin with the original charter, signed by then-NASA Administrator James E. Webb. New provisions help assure an independent, long-term oversight of the agency's safety policies and programs. Some of the revisions include:
- The new ASAP will report quarterly instead of annually
- The term for new members is two years, extendable to a maximum of six years in order to stagger terms of service and ensure a fresh perspective at regular intervals
- The new ASAP focuses on NASA's safety and quality systems. ASAP will focus on industrial and systems safety, risk management, trend analysis and the management of these activities
The new ASAP is also expected to play an important role in the ongoing safety assessment and review of the Space Shuttle program after Return to Flight. "We intend for the ASAP to oversee our implementation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board's recommendations long after the work of the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group is completed," added Administrator O'Keefe. "Our intent is to institutionalize a renewed commitment to safety, and the panel will help us assure that we follow through on that objective."