{"id":4327,"date":"2003-09-24T13:13:53","date_gmt":"2003-09-24T20:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2003-09-24T13:13:53","modified_gmt":"2003-09-24T20:13:53","slug":"falling_on_thei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/24\/falling_on_thei.html","title":{"rendered":"Falling on their swords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facing criticism from Congress and the <i>Columbia <\/i>AIB, the members of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel have &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2003\/TECH\/space\/09\/23\/nasa.resignations.ap\/index.html\">resigned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wow.  How refreshing.  Folks letting themselves be held accountable, and leaving for the good of the agency they are there to serve.<\/p>\n<p>What will those brain boys think of next?<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instapundit.com\/archives\/011671.php\">Instapundit<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing criticism from Congress and the Columbia AIB, the members of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel have &#8230; resigned. Wow. How refreshing. 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