"The man ain't got no culture"
Apologies again to Paul Simon

In sampling of the headlines on the report detailing the Shuttle Columbia crash, it seems that NASA has a culture problem:

"Flawed NASA culture led to Columbia Crash"

"NASA culture blamed in shuttle report"

"Harsh critique of NASA's culture"

I will admit thatI have not yet read any of the stories, although I am sure they would probably make me want to not be an astronaut, or switch my current occupational culture. I've already got a head start on not being an astronaut.

I find the culture angle rather intriguing. On a national/regional level the culture issue becomes a hot button topic from a "politically correct" (only a member of the culture may criticize said culture) or "us v. them" (our culture is better than yours because it is) level, yet it is somewhat fashionable to slander corporate/organizational culture.

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