It probably was an accident but for once I'm not concerned about our government's ability to instantly rule out terrorism because Israel seems to have a history of investigating first and concluding 2nd. If something like this happened I feel we will hear about it soon. Too many eyes in the sky today
On a sadder note: My husband and I went out for breakfast awhile ago. I was reading in the morning paper about how the 80 experiments done had been successful and that extra security was in place but NASA was optimistic and had never had a problem with landings and didn't anticipate any problems this time either. My prayers are with their families. CD
I share your sentiments. I'm wondering how many Muslims and Arabs had physical access to the Columbia prior to launch. They seem to have a predeliction toward engineering and other technical pursuits.