[One Sided Media]

There is always a possibility of some type of heretofore unknown sabotage.

My sense though, and this assumes that NASA is not being disingenuous, is that their telemetry did not show a sudden breakdown in control, which is what I would assume would occur if there had been interference from an external source. It seems as if control was gradually being lost, as if the inertial control system's attempt to correct the left wing from dipping slipped away. If I am right, I'm willing to bet that the readings that NASA reports over the next few news conferences will describe a slow and smooth rolling over of the shuttle with the temperature spikes growing in intensity along the top of the wing structure and fuselage. NASA should be able to correlate the temperature of the top of the shuttle to where the shuttle is in the videos and identify the point where the heat build up breaches the structure's ability to withstand it, resulting in the explosion.

[_Jim]

There is always a possibility of some type of heretofore unknown sabotage.

Maybe in the movies ... there are just too damn many technicians running around watching, observing, who *know* each other projects like this ...

Quality inspectors known as QA (Quality Assurance) or QRA (Quality Reliability Assurance) personnel check and double check and quite literally 'buy off' (stamp paperwork) for all work performed ...

I would rate this likelyhood as zero.