[LS]

"would be an aerodynamic structural breakup of the shuttle caused by it rolling at the wrong angle. Remember, after reentry, the shuttle is descending without power"

This was EXACTLY the weakness I pointed to in my article, posted earlier, on the aerospace plane.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Is there a black box, so to speak, on board the shuttles?? Anyone??

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

"would be an aerodynamic structural breakup of the shuttle caused by it rolling at the wrong angle. Remember, after reentry, the shuttle is descending without power"

All of the huge "S" turns which reduce speed are executed over the western states and are completely computer controlled.

Pilot control returns at subsonic speeds for landing.

The computer program that operates this speed reduction might have been sabotaged.