re space station redesign chief resigns for health reasons in article c xugl jow skates gsfc nasa gov xrcjd mudpuppy gsfc nasa gov charles j divine writes writer kathy sawyer reported in today s washington post that joseph shea the head of the space station redesign has resigned for health reasons shea was hospitalized shortly after his selection in february he returned yesterday to lead the formal presentation to the independent white house panel shea s presentation was rambling and almost inaudible i missed the presentations given in the morning session when shea gave his rambling and almost inaudible presentation but i did attend the afternoon session the meeting was in a small conference room the speaker was wired with a mike and there were microphones on the table for the panel members to use peons like me sat in a foyer outside the conference room and watched the presentations on closed circuit tv in general the sound system was fair to poor and some of the other speakers like the committee member from the italian space agency also were almost inaudible shea didn t lead the formal presentation in the sense of running or guiding the presentation he didn t even attend the afternoon session vest ran the show president of mit the chair of the advisory panel shea s deputy former astronaut bryan o connor will take over the effort note that o connor has been running the day to day operations of the of the redesign team since shea got sick which was immediately after the panel was formed
