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This is the spouse of "one sided media" and I would like to relay the information I contacted NASA about the cause of the accident.

In the news conference held a couple of hours ago,part of the discussion was about the "roll control" and the inertial control system that manages yaw, pitch and roll of the spacecraft. We know in the last couple of minutes prior to the telemetry failing that the ship was rolling to its left, evidenced by the increase in temperature along the left wing and left side of the fuselage. Within a few moments of the telemetry failure, and it may have been what ultimately caused the communication's failure, I believe the control failed. As the ship rolled its left wing downward, the tiles on top of the wing and fuselage took the brunt of the friction and resulting heat. Because these tiles were not designed to handle this type of temperature, the friction overheated the fuselage, causing the explosion that we have seen on the video through out the day.

The ultimate question is why did the ship begin to roll?

"The ultimate question is why did the ship begin to roll?"

Those in govt, and without, who were quick to dismiss terrorism as a cause of this tragedy should think about the possibility of someone interferring with the telemetry and data links to the shuttle.

A long time ago I had a discussion with a gentleman who was involved in the early shuttle computer systems and telemetry setups. He indicated that there were ways to purposely interfere with data transmissions just like someone can hack a computer over the internet. Not very easy to do, but absolutely possible. I'm trying to find this guy so that I can see if he still feels this way.

With so many people and so many firms involved with various aspects of the computer systems on the shuttle, it would not entirely surprise me if it is found that the shuttle computer software, and/or the data links were compromised.

The angle of attack and direction are very critical for re-entry into the atmosphere, and it would only take a momentary glitch to cause the catastrophe seen in Columbia.