Career
Before joining NASA at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in 1977, Ron Dittemore worked as a turboprop/turbofan engine development engineer in Arizona. While at JSC, Dittemore held several positions, including flight director on 11 shuttle missions, deputy assistant director of the Space Station Program and manager of Space Shuttle Program Integration. He assumed the position of manager of the Space Shuttle Program in 1999.
Dittemore was the Shuttle Program Manager for NASA at the time of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia in February 2003. Dittemore announced his resignation from NASA in April 2003. See http://www.nasa.gov/news/special/dittemore.html
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