[bvw]

I guess some folks just think your opinion of what 100% means is a little s t r e c h e d:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- NASA's top administrator, Sean O'Keefe, said Friday he "completely rejects the proposition" that nothing could have been done in orbit to help Columbia if engineers had known the space shuttle was in trouble.

"To suggest that we would have done nothing is falacious," O'Keefe said in a meeting with reporters. "If there had been a clear indication (of problems) there would have been no end to the efforts."

Source: CNN, Friday, February 28, 2003 Posted: 2:01 PM EST, NASA chief: Shuttle saving efforts possible

Of course maybe you know more thatn he does. I'm sure that's the case -- in your own mind.

[fooman]

There was an expert on fox that said that atlantis could have been launched, not to mention the fact that there were also several russian vessels available....