Oh goodness gracious, I am too busy today with a birthday celebration preperations to contend with this nonsense. I cannot follow this thread except sporadically. Each time I go to this thread, I have to wade through posts debating who in the space program made mistakes. Sheppard has made an apology for his remarks. So let it go please?
This thread was started with the intention to commiserate and share information. Let's concentrate on the tradegy and drop the flaming?
>>...Let's concentrate on the tradegy and drop the flaming?..<<
Show me where I've flamed anyone, lady, and I'll stop. Otherwise, as a PAYING member of Free Republic, I reserve the right to post on any thread I see fit.
As far as "concentrating on the tragedy", I have been. I live here on the Space Coast and worked at the Kennedy Space Center for 12 years. I have met and worked with many astronauts and am in DEEP sorrow and shock today.
Go nitpick on somebody else.