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Okay, so Bush gets a letter. What was he suppposed to do? Go down to Kennedy, and inspect the shuttle himself? He delegates duties to the people responsible for fixing the problems. I am sure a copy of this man's letter was sent to anyone and everyone who would possibly listen to him. And, again, I am sure that NASA was aware that he had contacted the President. NASA must've thought the Columbia was safe, otherwise, it wouldn't have gone into space. Because, if they didn't think the shuttles were safe, they could have pushed harder for the X33.

If it's CNN, a European journalist or a Democrat the first question is phrased something like "did budget limitations cause this..."

Congress will beat the snot of this dead horse for months.

A project that was suppossed to cost 5 million per launch that now exceeds 500 million per launch is unsustainable except by one force on earth: the US Government.

When are those that want more government going to realize?

Life is unsustainable with budgets like this. The question must be why did costs get so high and where are the inefficiencies? Why did the Government fail these brave people?