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Dear "Houmatt",

Since NASA is a governmental agency and is using American taxpayer dollars to assure our national interests, it is incumbent upon our national space agency to follow the scientific process in an accident investigation.

You are obviously unconnected to the program and definitely ill-informed regarding the post-mortem evaluation of the Challenger crew.

While your sense of ethics may be violated by the scientific process that occurs after EVERY USAF and NASA accident, your misinformation impacts public perception of the scientific and engineering processes involved with the crew's demise. Because Free Republic has such widespread readership, I do my best to review these threads for misinformation amongst the FR following.

Your facts are incorrect.

My only interest is in correcting the record. No hurt feelings are intended, and my apologies if your sensibilities feel violated. However, it was YOU who chose to broach the subject.

Returning the shuttle to flight capability will require the investigation to be willing to discuss matters, including how the crew died. These discussions are not meant to be a macabre spectacle for TV News media. They are intended to be a medical and scientific process in order to better design systems for the future.

The crew of 51-L deserved to have the question of when and how they perished solved. It was a very thorough investigation by Dr. Kerwin and the reality is that the report is part of aerospace history.

Ad Astra!