[Jim Noble]

>>The shuttle is and has always been an engineering disaster waiting to happen. We can hardly be surprised that this has happened again.<<

Yes, it is, and no, I'm not, but

IT STILL SUCKS

[George W. Bush]

Yes, it is, and no, I'm not, but IT STILL SUCKS

Absolutely. I hope that we'll finally design better space vehicles. A second failure that kills the entire crew should not be ignored. No bandaids will fix the problems with the shuttle. We need new space vehicles, plain and simple.

We need to stop sending these types of shuttles into space when they've now killed two entire crews.

[lavaroise]

The shuttle is and has always been an engineering disaster waiting to happen.

????? This is Jerry Springerish. It really does not add to the truth and discussion pot we need now.

I will agree however that NASA should be under military command and not politicized. THat is the disaster. If not, for other purposes, private companies should run the thing.