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	Columbia Coverage - Briefing
		RON DITTEMORE: I do not have the magnitude of temperature, all I have is the Delta that I reported to you the other day, and I think I told you that we saw approximately 30 to 40 degree rise in five minutes.
		RON DITTEMORE: Those 32 seconds represent a period of time following loss of signal and that loss of signal as we have defined it is when the flight control team lost the signal available to them to monitor data.
		RON DITTEMORE: Well, the only information I have is that the wheel well increased in its heating 30 to 40 degrees and that 30 to 40 degree increase in five minutes is not sufficient to reach any temperature that would detonate the pyrotechnics.
	www.ksc.nasa.gov /columbia/jsc0205brief.htm (7734 words)

	Ron Dittemore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ron D. Dittemore (born April 13, 1952, Cooperstown, New York) former shuttle program manager of NASA, is currently the president of ATK Thiokol Propulsion.
		Dittemore was the Shuttle Program Manager for NASA at the time of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia in February 2003.
		Ron Dittemore is currently the president of ATK Thiokol Propulsion of Brigham City, Utah.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ron_Dittemore (242 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		Dittemore said there was something on the left wing - "what, we don't know" - that caused it to catch the wind and drag the craft toward the left.
		Dittemore said engineers are also exploring the possibility that increases in temperature detected on Columbia's left side may have somehow caused the loss of control and breakup of the shuttle.
		Dittemore said small pieces of junk have hit and damaged space shuttles in orbit, although it is a rare occurrence.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=393 (765 words)

	Ron Dittemore at AllExperts
		Ron D. Dittemore (born April 13, 1952, Cooperstown, New York) former shuttle program manager of NASA, is currently the president of ATK Launch Systems Group, formerly known as ATK Thiokol Propulsion, part of Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Inc.
		Dittemore was the Shuttle Program Manager for NASA at the time of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia in February 2003.
		Ron Dittemore is married to Shirley Ann Seibolts.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/ro/ron_dittemore.htm (341 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ron Dittemore
		Ron D. Dittemore, born April 13, 1952 in Cooperstown, NY.
		Currently, Dr. Dittemore said, two staff members and a doctor are needed to bring patients from the unit to the courthouse in handcuffs, causing additional stress on the patients and taking staff away from the unit.
		Dittemore said, if a client wished to appear in court, he or she still would have the option to do so.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ron-Dittemore (858 words)

	NASA Discounts Foam Damage: From The Tampa Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dittemore held a chunk of foam as he spoke - it was yellow on one side and white on another.
		Dittemore said shuttle flights have averaged about 100 strikes of debris to the tiles, which protect the spacecraft during the infernal heat of reentry.
		Dittemore said he was evaluating the small but distinct possibility that Columbia was hit by a piece of space debris, such as from long-destroyed rockets or satellites or even a meteorite.
	www.tampatrib.com /MGA4NHN8UBD.html (921 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Shuttle manager vows NASA will soar again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ron Dittemore, space shuttle project manager, uses a model of a space shuttle during a press briefing at the Johnson Space Center.
		The grief and resolve were on equal display Monday afternoon when Dittemore, 50, who has a son and a daughter enrolled at Brigham Young University, spoke with startling candor about the moment when he and his team came to the sickening realization that the Columbia and its crew were gone.
		Dittemore said he has found another way to cope when he is home at night "left with my own thoughts." He said he goes to his computer and reads the e-mail messages that continue to pour in from friends and relatives and colleagues.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,455029548,00.html (968 words)

	spacetoday.net: Report: shuttle manager Dittemore to resign
		Space shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore, one of the key figures in the Columbia accident investigation, is expected to resign in the near future to take a job in the private sector.
		The Orlando Sentinel first reported Saturday that Dittemore was expected to tender his resignation in the next week, although when Dittemore would actually leave the agency was unclear.
		Dittemore was highly visible immediately after the accident, leading several briefings in the first week after the loss of the shuttle, but then stepped back after the independent accident investigation board took over.
	www.spacetoday.net /Summary/1625 (275 words)

	Special Reports
		Dittemore was born in Cooperstown, N.Y., and grew up at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Wash. Anderson was seven years younger, but they went to the same grade school and attended rival high schools, which made for spirited banter between them at NASA.
		Dittemore graduated from high school in 1970, the year after the Apollo 11 moon landing, and entered the aeronautics and astronautics program at the University of Washington.
		Henricks said Dittemore is a role model for modern flight directors in the same way Gene Kranz, the legendary failure-is-not-an-option flight director who oversaw the safe return of ill-fated Apollo 13 in 1970, was for Dittemore and others like him in the shuttle era.
	www.azstarnet.com /specialreports/30209NShuttle-Dittemore.html (980 words)

	Columbia Coverage - Briefing
		DITTEMORE: Especially given the knowledge that it was superficial and inconsequential, they went on with their business, stored the film and knew that we were interested in it as soon as they landed.
		DITTEMORE: That impact occurred approximately 80 seconds after liftoff, and it's not clear to me yet that we have evidence that points to the fact that the debris was the root cause.
		DITTEMORE: 102, or Columbia, was one of the vehicles that had recently come out of a long period of wiring inspection, intensive wiring inspection and not only did we repair the wire, replace wires that were not repairable, we put protective covering through much of the vehicle.
	www.ksc.nasa.gov /columbia/jsc0202brief.htm (11389 words)

	Bill Nelson, U.S. Senator from Florida: News Article: Dittemore to resign as shuttle manager
		Depending on the timing, Dittemore's departure could leave a huge hole in the program at a critical juncture when NASA is investigating the shuttle Columbia accident and making preparations to return the fleet's three remaining orbiters to flight.
		Dittemore is quitting NASA for a job in industry, the sources said, and already was planning to leave the agency when the final Columbia mission was launched on Jan. 16.
		Dittemore served as deputy assistant director of the space-station program in 1992 before returning to the shuttle program the next year as deputy manager of integration and operations.
	www.senate.gov /~billnelson/news/details.cfm?id=244374& (646 words)

	Reporter-News Online: Texas News -- Shuttle chief has devoted half his life to space exploration
		Dittemore was born in Cooperstown, N.Y., and grew up at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Wash. Anderson was seven years younger, but they went to the same grade school and attended rival high schools, which made for spirited banter between them at NASA.
		Dittemore graduated from high school in 1970, the year after the Apollo 11 moon landing, and entered the aeronautics and astronautics program at the University of Washington.
		Henricks said Dittemore is a role model for modern flight directors in the same way Gene Kranz, the legendary failure-is-not-an-option flight director who oversaw the safe return of ill-fated Apollo 13 in 1970, was for Dittemore and others like him in the shuttle era.
	www.texnews.com /1998/2003/texas/texas_Shuttle_c25.html (771 words)

	Ron Dittemore: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Ron Dittemore
		Ron Dittemore graduated from Medical Lake High School, Medical Lake(Washington) in 1970.
		As shuttle program manager[?] Ron Dittemore takes part in the decision, wether to send a shuttle into orbit or not.
		His office is responsible for functions at JSC, Kennedy Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Center[?] and Stennis Space Center[?] -- with a small support function at NASA headquaters.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ro/Ron-Dittemore.html (221 words)

	SPACE.com -- Shuttle Chief Dittemore will Resign Later this Year
		During a meeting with news media, Dittemore said the Columbia investigation and the effort to resume flying was at the right point where it made the most sense to begin looking for a new shuttle boss.
		Dittemore, in his fourth year as director of the shuttle program, first approached senior NASA management last fall about giving up his post in early 2003.
		Dittemore didn't say if he had any imminent job offers or if he would seek exemption from federal laws that regulate the kind of work government managers can accept in the private sector based on their previous employment.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/dittemore_030423.html (595 words)

	Ron Dittemore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While at JSC Dittemore has held serveral positions including director on 11 shuttle missions deputy assistant director of the Space Station Program and manager of Space Shuttle Program Integration.
		As shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore takes in the decision whether to send a shuttle into orbit or not.
		Ron Dittemore is married to Shirley Ann They have two children.
	www.freeglossary.com /Ron_Dittemore (560 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dittemore, for example, is the only person to be the superintendent of the Woodson Children's Psychiatric Hospital, the old St. Joseph State Hospital and its replacement, the Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Hospital.
		Dittemore helped guide Woodson through a contentious lawsuit first and then quietly mounted a campaign that spared the children's hospital from the knife of state budget cutters.
		Dittemore found the hospital already in the transition into a state prison while a new rehabilitation center was built across Frederick Avenue.
	www.ponyexpress.net /~special/editorials/january/0122.htm (182 words)

	Columbia Lost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dittemore reiterated that he has not discussed cutting back the shuttle workforce while the fleet is grounded.
		For example, Dittemore said, if technicians were required to check out a helium regulator, and it was supposed to be within a range of 50 pounds per square inch on either side, people processing the vehicle may decide to assign a waiver if the pressure is.5 pounds per square inch higher than it should be.
		Ron Dittemore, who oversees the shuttle program and was next on the list to speak, reports directly to NASA headquarters in Washington, not to Johnson, but Johnson provides different support for the shuttle.
	www.floridatoday.com /columbia/columbiastoryfirsthearing.htm (1150 words)

	washingtonpost.com
		DITTEMORE: It is true that right after launch--and I don't remember the time frame as far as the seconds--there was a piece of foam that is used as insulation on the external tank in the area of what we call the bipod, which is the forward attach between the orbiter and the external tank.
		DITTEMORE: Well, a while ago, the last transmission that we got was--it had to do--I think a while ago I discussed that there was a measurement that gave an indication to the crew, an alert, that they acknowledged.
		DITTEMORE: That's not going to be very easy because when we had this vehicle break apart at 200,000 feet and mach 18, it was at peak heating, and some evidence may have burned up during re-entry.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/nation/transcripts/NASA0203.htm (11882 words)

	Columbia Lost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dittemore said he told his bosses last summer he was contemplating leaving the agency.
		Since then, Dittemore has been less visible as he worked to coordinate teams of shuttle engineers and specialists conducting their own analysis and responding to requests from the accident investigation board.
		Dittemore and Kostelnik appeared publicly at ease as they explained the events leading up to Dittemore's announcement he will leave NASA at such a crucial juncture.
	www.floridatoday.com /columbia/columbiastory2A50463A.htm (1076 words)

	SPACE.com -- Reports: NASA Shuttle Program Manager to Quit
		Ron Dittemore had planned to resign earlier but postponed his departure because of the shuttle disaster and investigation, a source said Sunday.
		The Orlando Sentinel reported Saturday that Dittemore is expected to announce his resignation this week, while CBS News reported his resignation would come in the near future.
		Dittemore, 51, originally intended to resign after Columbia completed its research flight on Feb. 1, a source told The Associated Press on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/dittemore_resign_030420.html (426 words)

	Dittemore to leave after accident probe complete
		The Orlando Sentinel and CBS News reported Saturday that Dittemore had planned to retire and take a job in private industry after the successful completion of Columbia's mission and that he stayed on in the wake of the disaster to oversee return-to-flight activities and to support the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
		During a teleconference from NASA headquarters earlier today, Dittemore said he began discussing his retirement with senior management last year and that now, as the accident probe begins transitioning from investigation to recommendations for corrective actions, was a good time to make his own personal transition.
		Dittemore also was asked about decisions made during Columbia's mission not to request spy satellite imagery of the shuttle to look for signs of damaged after engineers realized a large piece of foam insulation had struck the shuttle's left wing.
	www.atlasaerospace.net /eng/newsi-r.htm?id=425 (1716 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore told a news conference on Sunday that it was much too early to speculate on what caused the disaster.
		Dittemore said it was unusual for the shuttle's automatic pilot system to correct drag, and the flight control surfaces moved to a degree that "is outside our family of experience."
		Dittemore said the shuttle's left wing was banged 80 seconds after launch by insulation that fell off the fuel tanks, but that engineers believed it caused no serious damage to Columbia's heat shield.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/front/archives/2003/02/04/193347/print (690 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science \| Health > Columbia Disaster -- Military photo of Columbia's last minutes ...
		Shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore said it would take more study to determine whether the image shows a problem with the shuttle, and if the gray streak is from Columbia or only a technical aberration in the photo.
		Dittemore said the photo does not resolve the question of whether Columbia may have been seriously damaged by a chunk of foam debris that struck the shuttle's left wing shortly after liftoff Jan. 16.
		As for the recovered wing section, Dittemore said it has 26 to 27 inches of carbon-composite panel, which reinforces the leading edges of space shuttle wings for thermal protection during the searing heat of atmospheric re-entry, reaching as high as 3,000 degrees.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/science/columbia/20030207-1744-shuttleinvestigation.html (909 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Foam theory 'doesn't make sense'
		Ron Dittemore, the US space agency's shuttle programme manager, expressed the view on Wednesday that the reason for the disaster probably lay elsewhere.
		But Mr Dittemore said it was evident from enhancement of the video that the wing suffered "no gross, large areas of damage".
		But Mr Dittemore said the error rate in the data was high and investigators were currently having difficulty making sense of the information.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/2730981.stm (611 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science/Health -- Cause of Columbia disaster could be hard to find; officials warned ...
		Dittemore warned that determining the cause of the crash could be a formidable task.
		Dittemore said the problem could have been caused by a structural failure of some sort, but did not elaborate.
		Dittemore said that even if the astronauts had gone out on an emergency spacewalk, there was no way a spacewalker could have safely checked under the wings, which bear the brunt of re-entry heat.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/science/columbia/20030202-0154-shuttle-whatwentwrong.html (1041 words)

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