[Vroomfondel]

Yeah, but they hadn't heard the report, so they were clearly speaking off the cuff.

[Keith in Iowa]

And, they also said the point of maximum heat and pressure on re-entry was over Texas.

[Dog Gone]

Yeah, but they hadn't heard the report, so they were clearly speaking off the cuff.

I don't think the timing is right. If I got the sequence right from the NASA conference, there weren't any sensor problems until the Shuttle was over Texas.

Of course, they aren't even sure that the sensor problem is related to what destroyed the Shuttle.

[HairOfTheDog]

Yeah, but they hadn't heard the report, so they were clearly speaking off the cuff.

They hadn't seen the report, but they certainly have some information of their own. They had equiment of their own with more than a casual eye on the shuttle over California.