I was kind of thinking about the possibility of memos floating around right after Dittmore's News Conference on Sat. He said they had been working the problem of the foam since right after liftoff in anticipation of whatever they found, it would effect all of the shuttles. Everything is documented at NASA and the CYA factor means that much has yet to come out. Aside from the internal memos there are probably plenty of individual Memos For Record that were written even after minor conversations.
I bet you're right. That there were no doubt, lots of memos, studies, tests, debates, and discussions going on at NASA, about the launch event, and its possible consequences on re-entry safety.
Now we get Barnicle romantically speculating about "A Doomed From The Start Shuttle". jeez!
This is blasphemous stuff, insinuating that NASA knew during the mission, that the crew was "doomed", and they did nothing to alert the public. (This has already been a 1969 movie, "Marooned". )