[XBob]

what crap - "First of all I don't think the NASA Director made any such statements the day of the disaster. The Shuttle Flight Director was highly skeptical that the foam incident was the "root cause." But I think you will find that the analysis that was done did indicate some damage was likely to have ocurred."

We have an engineering/science project here - not a clinton political lying press conference. He stood up there plain as day and dismissed the foam as a cause in the very first press conference.

[ironman]

One of my criticism of FR is that I see a tendency to stretch the facts, or people are a little loose with their wording. Maybe it's just an interpretation of words. For example, dismissed vs. highly skeptical, or "did nothing" when in fact a lot was done (maybe not enough, or the wrong things "done.") I stand by my previous statements. The shuttle flight director did not totally dismiss the foam incident as the root cause. IIRC, he said they would certainly re-look at the analysis to 'see if they missed something.'