[Just mythoughts]

Do you really think at this very moment in time should be likened to a deposition?

I am not an attorney, but truly find it sad to hear that you are suggesting this person is ignoring a smoking gun. If what you are suggesting is true then an immediate criminal investigation should be started.

I believe that this press conference should be stopped and all be ordered by their attorney to answer no more questions.

Do you really believe that these people willingly and knowlingly ignored something that allowed this to happen?

[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

It wouldn't be the first time someone in a government-funded program or agency skirted the truth in order to justify their mistakes, or to avoid negative fallout.

I don't know what he knows or doesn't know. All I know is what I heard in the press conference. And, as someone who has professional experience in Question and Answer sessions dealing with serious or touchy subjects, I'm just trying to offer my reaction to his response.

Noone asked him if tiles could be repaired. All that was asked was if Nasa had considered a spacewalk to investigate the impact that occurred during launch.

His answer was totally defensive. Between several of his responses, the "theme" was "Nothing could have been done to repair tile damage" - I don't believe that for a minute. Regardless, who cares if it couldn't have been repaired? That is NO justification for failing to fully investigate before re-entry.

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Do you really believe that these people willingly and knowlingly ignored something that allowed this to happen?

I am also an attorney and do not equate the press conference to a deposition. Depositions only ocur after there are allegations of fault or malfeasance.

That being said, it came to light after Challanger that NASA ignored indicators of problems with the seals and freezing temeratures. People do not often willingly put others lives at risk nut the sometimes do negligently and carelessly.

[theFIRMbss]

>Do you really believe that these people willingly and knowlingly ignored something that allowed this to happen?

Have you ever read
Feynman's account of his work
after Challenger?

Lots of people knew
the O-ring was a killer.
Knew that a cold launch

could wreck the shuttle.
Yet somehow it was given
a go for liftoff.

(And it seems NASA
allowed the Hubble mirror
to be lifted flawed.

And science writers
have alleged that NASA knew
the last Mars project

had some fatal flaw
but allowed it to attempt
landing anyway.)

Elements within
NASA seem to have acquired
"bureaucrat's blindness"

that let's them distance
themselves from horrible things.
It's painful to think

it could have happened
again. But it has happened
before, more than once.

[_Jim]

Do you really believe that these people willingly and knowlingly ...

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