[new yorker 77]

Let me tell you something about myself.

I am an engineer.

I met Roger M. Boisjoly at a college speech he gave to a class I was taking.

This was some years after the 1986 crash.

He was the engineer who pushed to stop the flight before hand.

He mentioned that they were likely all alive upon impact.

[metmom]

Would they have survived the force of the impact as the shuttle hit the water? 200 mph is pretty fast and water is virtually incompressible. It doesn't seem likely but there were all kinds of strange reports in the days and weeks following the disaster.

[OldFriend]

If I remember, the shuttle had been delayed ten times and the decision to go was based on a lot of external pressure on NASA.

If the shuttle was delayed that day, it would have had to be scrubbed for a month.

I remember seeing a headline in our daily newspaper that morning......WHEN WILL THAT TURKEY FLY.

Unfortunately, outside pressure leads to all kinds of errors in decision making. Small and large.

May all those who lost family members that day, find some peace.