The Columbia Accident Investigation Board left listens to Center Director Roy Bridges at the third public hearing would hear.

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (left) listens to Center Director Roy Bridges at the third public hearing of the Board, held in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Over the course of two days, the Board's chairman, retired Navy Admiral Harold W. "Hal" Gehman Jr., and other board members would hear from experts discussing the role of the Kennedy Space Center in the Shuttle Program, Shuttle Safety and Debris Collection, Layout and Analysis and Forensic Metallurgy.