[mostlyundecided]

ah, I see.

- as for terrorism, conspiracies and tin foil - for example, the name of the town being Palestine, I guess after reading your reply you could also say it was a "left wing" conspiracy...amazing how one can pull what they need from any event and spin it.

[coloradan]

(The expression going around this website seems to be that failures originate in left wings and have catastrophic results.) But seriously, mission control knew that some signals, like tire pressure and hold temperature were lost well before the shuttle reached Texas; either the sensors were destroyed or the wires connecting them to the transponder. Either way, these events spelled serious trouble because those things are internal to the craft.