[friendly]

I love all the so-called NASA experts originally saying the insulation was absolutely NOT the cause.

The foam was another Clinton evil: the properly working, correct original foam insulation was not "environmentally friendly" enough and was ordered replaced by that disgusting corrupt Clinton EPA director.

Gee, I wonder if the Old Media is going to follow up on this story?

[holden]

Old Media

How about "Dead End Media" to borrow a Rummy GWII image concerning doomed regime adherents?

HF

[300winmag]

The foam was another Clinton evil: the properly working, correct original foam insulation was not "environmentally friendly" enough and was ordered replaced by that disgusting corrupt Clinton EPA director.

Does anybody know the difference in performance of the two different types of foam?

Also, I remember one report from the Challenger disaster that said the O-ring burn-through started to appear after the EPA made NASA discontinue using an insulating putty that contained asbestos. The O-rings sit in the middle of a putty-filled recess. They started having problems with some of the rings scorched, or partially-burned, when they switched putties. Add the combination of cold weather, making the O-rings stiffer and weaker, and disaster finally happened.

But better to lose tens of billions of dollars, 14 lives, and much of the future of the manned space program, than question the sacred EPA.

[jlogajan]

I love all the so-called NASA experts originally saying the insulation was absolutely NOT the cause.

No one in NASA ever said such a thing. Prove your assertion by providing a direct quote.

And by the way, it was NASA who found data about the temperature spike. So your conspiracy theories are just plain nutty.

[Poohbah]

I love all the so-called NASA experts originally saying the insulation was absolutely NOT the cause.

I love all the FReepers saying that the NASA experts actually said that.