[Cicero]

Those pinholes - about as wide as three human hairs - began to appear on the leading edges of shuttle wings in 1992, first in Columbia, then other shuttles.

Well, I'll be the first to say it. This happened during clinton's watch. And the guy at the top of NASA under clinton was, according to my friends who know something about it, a jerk.

First pinholes in 1992. First studies released in 1995. Nothing done.

[TLBSHOW]

Space Shuttle Columbia is gone... but has the countdown already started for a third shuttle disaster? There were two reasons for the Columbia disaster: a system failure and a management failure. We may never know the exact cause for the system failure, but the reasons for the management failures are there for all to see. Unless the Office of the President and Congress address the following management failures... then indeed, the countdown has already started for the third shuttle disaster!

NASA Management Failures and Solutions
By Don A. Nelson
Retired NASA Aerospace Engineer

http://www.nasaproblems.com/

[Cold Heat]

Sections of the RCC are changed out if damaged. I ain't buyin this. They can change a section out in 20min or so. Columbia recently had a full re-fit.