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HairoftheDog..

If you believe that everyone in management at NASA is a rocket-scientist....better yet, if you believe that everyone involved in accident investigation and reconstruction is a rocket-scientist, you are misinformed.

Sorry, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to sniff out someone who is being less than forthcoming in their responses.

My point was simple - the program director was evasive in his answer, non-responsive. It was a very simple question. Did NASA consider a space-walk to examine the damage?

He did not say yes or no. He said "we cant' technically go outside the shuttle and repair tiles."

[HairOfTheDog]

I think the program director did as good of a job answering questions as a man can do, off the cuff, unrehearsed, and human, what, three hours after he watched his shuttle blow up before his eyes.

He certainly knows more than I do. But I admit that. I know how silly I would look if I tried to pretend I knew more.