[bribriagain]

re #129: brilliant analysis. Uou are exactly right, you don't doom people just because you have no apparent means to fix the problem.

[steveegg]

Answer these questions, if you can:

• Once a shuttle enters the orbit that it did, can it still reach the International Space Station?
• If it can, how many Soyuz capsules are on there (if the answer is less than 4, who do you leave behind?)?
• If it can't, how long does it take to get a semi-warm shuttle launched (hint; Atlantis was due for a March 1 launch)?
• If that shuttle can be launched in time, how do you get at least 9 people into a shuttle that seats 7?
• Where are the replacement tiles supposed to be stored?
• How is the crew going to heat the adhesive to get these replacement tiles to stick?

I'm waiting....

[Cboldt]

re #129: brilliant analysis. Uou are exactly right, you don't doom people just because you have no apparent means to fix the problem.

No, one doesn't deliberately doom people. But, what if they --ARE-- in fact doomed? E.g., "Hey, take a walk outside the Kursk and notice that you're sunk." Or, the airliner that had hydraulic failures and tried to land at Kansas City. Sometime we are "forced to watch." I don't think today's shuttle disaster fits in that category, but have an open mind if evidence comes out otherwise.

I think the analysis in #128 is the analysis of a trial lawyer, circling blood. It might be good, but then again, it might not be.