[Arkinsaw]

Reports have said the shuttle may have been breaking up as early as California.

Don't they do the S-Turns out that way? Since commo was lost right after they entered the last leg of the S-Turn that would make sense.

[ladysusan]

Joe Barton (R) Ennis, Texas on FOX 4 saying we should not put the space program on hold. He's NASA space science sub committee member. Says next generation shuttles may be the answer to accidents like this; once this accident is investigated. "Receptive to funding a new generation of shuttles." Will temporarily ground all shuttles, then retrieve the men on the space station.

[DoughtyOne]

I'm going to have to defer that to someone wiser than myself. I do not know.