[eno_]

Yup. And highly prejudicial to any subsequent decisions on the topic. He should have been honest and said "We're still working on it." Had they been straight about it, they might have made better decisions over the course of the mission.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree. These folks just refused to acknowledge they had a problem and it cost seven people their lives. Imagine an airline crew saying, "We saw an eagle sucked into the only enging on the plane, but just didn't expect it to bring it down. Even when the captain expressed concern, we told him not to worry."