Former Space Shuttle boss's blog booted from NASA's website

NASA has excised former Space Shuttle manager Wayne Hale's blog from its website in a reminder that nothing is forever.

Hale began his blog in 2008, as the Space Shuttle program was winding down. The agency had named him as deputy associate administrator for strategic partnerships, after he served a stint as Space Shuttle program manager and supervised the program's return to flight following the Columbia disaster, which killed seven astronauts.

"I was told to 'try out' some of the new social media applications," he recalled, and kept a blog on the NASA website until he retired from the agency in 2010. The blog moved into NASA's archives, but could still be found until recently, when, after some apparent housekeeping within the US space agency, Hale's posts were removed.

"I guess NASA doesn't need or care about my work anymore," he said.

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