[NormsRevenge]

There were multiple reasons for things to go amiss. No single item in and of itself was a show-stopper, but when you start adding all the different items together, it does make it a bit harder to connect all the dots.

The terms used by the reporter such as "suitcase-sized chunk of foam"; 5 known previous studies on the pinholes and causation thereof; and add the reluctance to ask for satellite recon to make sure what we may be up against on the Columbia after the launch, the fingers are pointing all over the place and I don't like it.

Recommendations weren't followed or implemented after reviews and studies indicated some relatively simple solutions could have been used.

[Cold Heat]

They kicked the fault tree out the door(with the NASA engineers) and are now in a chaotic finger pointing contest. This investigation is shot to hell. Mark my words, Congress will have this again, and there is nothing they can do now. The PHD,s have screwed the pooch again!

Makes me sick, especially when it was going so well at first.