[Chad Fairbanks]

And the people reporting it at Fox are just as bad - there is no need for this right now - it can wait... Call me crazy, call me old-fashioned, but why can't we just mourn for a time before we start assassinating the character of the lost?

[rintense]

Again, I agree with you. I just posted what I heard, without any malicious intent... You know, the 'we report, you decide' thing... ;)

[George W. Bush]

And the people reporting it at Fox are just as bad - there is no need for this right now - it can wait... Call me crazy, call me old-fashioned, but why can't we just mourn for a time before we start assassinating the character of the lost?

It's very unlikely that any human on Columbia, particularly the robotics specialist, did anything to cause this disaster. The shuttle was flying itself on autopilot as it always does until right before touchdown. The sex and national origin or even a record of previous mission shortcomings of an individual crew member has nothing to do with this accident and the wisdom of multicultural NASA missions are a topic for another day.