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Nature 425, 4-5 (4 September 2003) | doi:10.1038/425004b

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Columbia inquiry prompts White House strategy review

Tony Reichhardt

The White House will conduct a review of US space strategy in the wake of last week's hard-hitting report on the loss of the space shuttle Columbia — and members of Congress have joined NASA in pledging to reform the space agency itself.But early soundings in Washington suggest that the manned-spaceflight programme will face an uphill struggle to attract the extra resources that, the report implied, it needs to operate more safely.