You can't make this stuff up:
CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA launched an investigation Monday into yet another shuttle workplace accident: serious damage to a nearly half-million-dollar power controller that routes electricity to critical orbiter systems.
The incident, which occurred last week at a shuttle spare parts depot in Cape Canaveral, followed a recent rash of accidents that have resulted in damage to shuttle orbiters and the death of a construction worker.
Two other investigation boards have met to determine the cause of two of those incidents in hopes of preventing similar mishaps in the future.
The estimated cost of replacing the power controller damaged last week would be $452,710, according to a Kennedy Space Center mishap report. Investigators are not yet certain whether replacement will be required.
Incidents like these reflect poorly on the whole agency. Is there anyone competent left working at NASA?
The people working at NASA now are not the people who sent men to the moon; they're just sitting at their desks.
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