NASA has named six new members and eight new consultants to the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.

The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) is a senior advisory committee reporting to NASA and the U.S. Congress. The panel was established by Congress after the 1967 Apollo 1 spacecraft fire, which killed U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.

New members include:

• Otto Goetz, former Chief Engineer of the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) Project;
• Sid Guttierrez, former astronaut, currently Manager of the Physical Sciences Department, Sandia National Laboratories;
• Shirley McCarty, former Principal Director of Software Engineering at The Aerospace Corporation;
• Retired Admiral Paul Reason, former Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet;
• Roger Schaufele, Professor of Aircraft Design, California State University;
• Robert Sieck, former Director of Shuttle Processing, NASA Kennedy Space Center.

New Consultants include:

• Dr. Wanda Austin, Senior Vice President, The Aerospace Corporation;
• Richard Bruckman, former Director of the FA-18 Weapon System Support Activity, China Lake;
• Dr. Ulf Goranson, former Chief Engineer at Boeing's Structure Labs;
• Dr. Bernard Harris, former astronaut, currently Director of The Harris Foundation;
• Dr. Nancy Leveson, Professor, Aeronautics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
• Forrest McCartney, former Vice President for Launch Operations, Lockheed Martin;
• Julian May, former Vice President for Technical Operations, Delta Airlines;
• Art Zygielbaum, former Technical Lead, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Additional information on the Panel may be found on the Internet.