[Ichneumon]

I keep wondering whether she was piloting.

She was not piloting.

[GRRRRR]

NEWS CONFERENCE: Live comments...3pm Eastern full tech briefing from Johnsons Space center. A tragic day for NASA family and astronauts families. Immediately upon loss of comm, just after 9am Eastern, advised Pres, Sec of Homeland Security that Columbia was lost at 0916.

Spent next 90 mins working thru info they had received...met with family memebers that were at Kennedy. The Pres HAS called and spoken to families.

They have NO indications that anything on ground caused the mishap.

Team coordinating all facts, rapid response team from Huntsville, KSC and JSC.

Collecting INDEPENDENT people to review all data that was locked down after Loss of Comm. DOT, Navy etc. Chair will be external to all Fed Agencies.

[George W. Bush]

She was not piloting.

Good grief. No one was piloting that high up. No human being could do it. Even a B2 bomber is unflyable without computer contols.