Shuttle Disaster UPDATE: SPACE.com and SPACE NEWS Experts Available to Address the Impact of Shuttle Tragedy on the Future of the Space Program.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2003

SPACE.com and SPACE NEWS, the online and trade publication businesses of Space Holdings, announced today that members of their editorial and production staffs continue to be available to relate the recent loss of Columbia Shuttle STS-107 to the future of the US space program, including:

-- The impact on human space flight

-- Repercussions of the 2004 federal budget on NASA and the Shuttle Program

-- The potential for using nuclear propulsion in the space program

Additionally, SPACE.com Shuttle Program videos, including individual interviews with the STS-107 crew shortly before launch, are available for rebroadcast. All are in NTSC color, in 16 x 9 widescreen ratio but easily cropped to 4 x 3. For details, interested parties can contact Dave Brody, Senior Producer, SPACE.com, at 212-703-5851, [e-mail] .

Details About the Experts

-- Jim Banke, Senior Producer, Cape Canaveral Bureau, SPACE.com,

with over fifteen years experience reporting about human space

flight with expertise in launch and landing criticalities.

Related to his current reporting responsibilities, Don Imus,

on his nationally syndicated morning radio show Imus in the

Morning, stated today that Jim Banke asks "intelligent

questions and is doing an outstanding job." He can be reached

at Cape Canaveral. Phone: [phone] (cell),

[e-mail]

-- Leonard David, Senior Space Writer, SPACE.com has over thirty

years experience in writing about human space flight, Shuttle

Program Science, and NASA politics. Offers additional

expertise in nuclear and alternative propulsion systems.

Phone: [phone], [e-mail]

-- Robert Roy Britt, Senior Science Writer, SPACE.com reports

about the impact of the space program on space science,

astronomy, and Hubble Space Telescope maintenance. Phone:

215-287-0296, [e-mail]

-- Dave Brody, Senior Producer, SPACE.com will discuss the impact

of today's tragedy on future exploration, Space and Science in

Society, and answers 'Why Go'? Phone: [phone],

[e-mail]

-- Warren Ferster, Deputy Editor, SPACE NEWS, is responsible for

overseeing all aspects of space industry coverage and has

expertise in policy, industry, defense and international

issues. Phone: [phone], [e-mail].

-- Brian Berger, Staff Writer, SPACE NEWS, writes about NASA and

Aerospace Contractor policies and the commercial aspects of

Space. Phone: [phone], [e-mail]

-- Lon Rains, VP and Managing Editor, SPACE NEWS, provides

editorial overviews of corporate space policy and the

commercial aspects of Space. Phone: [phone],

[e-mail]

-- Anthony Duignan-Cabrera, Managing Editor, SPACE.com, provides

overviews about consumer aspects of Space and space

exploration. Phone: [phone], [e-mail]

Space Holdings

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Space Holdings is headquartered in New York City with offices and news bureaus in Washington, D.C., Port Canaveral, Florida, Toronto, and Paris.