Wrong. Mr. Dittemore (sp?) yesterday said that he himself was among the group that reviewed the videos of the launch to assess the possibility of damage to the tiles. They had 2 weeks to abort the re-entry.
You are wrong because you are talking about something totally different. A pre-orbital abort would have been on take off prior to reaching orbital altitude. You are talking about re-entry after two weeks in space. Two very different things.
You're right. Thanks for correcting me. I was talking about a reentry abort. I missed that PBS was talking about a pre-orbital abort...something that I'm sure never even crossed anyone's mind at the time of the insulation coming off of the fuel tank. It simply wasn't that kind of event. Though it was important enough for them to review the tape and try to assess any possible damage. It's beginning to look as if somebody missed something.