abstract:Ron D. Dittemore (born April 13, 1952, Cooperstown, New York) is a former shuttle program manager for NASA, and is currently the president of ATK Launch Systems Group, formerly known as ATK Thiokol Propulsion, part of Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Inc.
Shuttle programme manager RonDittemore has confirmed that Nasa engineers are still focusing on a piece of insulating foam as the leading suspect in causing the problem which destroyed the Columbia.