Red Alert: NASA Launches Toyota Probe

Red Alert: NASA Launches Toyota Probe
It seems like everyone is investigating Toyota. There’s the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Academy of Sciences and even the automaker itself. Why not NASA? Apparently Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was thinking the same thing. Nine NASA scientists will take time off of eating freeze dried ice cream and launching ornery septuagenarians into orbit to take a crack at Toyota’s acceleration problem. LaHood said a little prodding from Congress led to the request. —PZS Reuters: Nine NASA scientists would bring expertise in electronics, eletromagnetic interference, software integrity and complex problem solving to the Toyota review, Transportation Department officials said. LaHood has maintained that NHTSA could handle the analysis itself but said suggestions from lawmakers at congressional hearings prompted him to consider outside help. Read more

It seems like everyone is investigating Toyota. There’s the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Academy of Sciences and even the automaker itself. Why not NASA? Apparently Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was thinking the same thing.

Nine NASA scientists will take time off of eating freeze dried ice cream and launching ornery septuagenarians into orbit to take a crack at Toyota’s acceleration problem.

LaHood said a little prodding from Congress led to the request.? —PZS

Reuters:

Nine NASA scientists would bring expertise in electronics, eletromagnetic interference, software integrity and complex problem solving to the Toyota review, Transportation Department officials said.

LaHood has maintained that NHTSA could handle the analysis itself but said suggestions from lawmakers at congressional hearings prompted him to consider outside help.

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