Is the price of losing people on the ground too high a price to pay??? NASA was lucky no one on the ground was killed. It's not just the safety of the astronauts that NASA needs to consider.And you think they have never considered that? Do you think the bigwigs at NASA sit around all day, and over a cup of coffee one says, "Ya know, Bob, I've been thinking. If a shuttle broke apart on re-entry, could people on the ground die too?" and another one says, "People on the ground? F****ing civilians. Screw em." is THAT what you think?????
You lynch mob types really disgust me...
Lynch mob, please. This is called accountability, and isn't accountability a Conservative mantra? If one of your loved ones was killed on the ground, you'd be singing a different tune and you know it.