[Willie Green]

I'm afraid that the media have already decided that the foam insulation is the "obvious" cause, and will never accept any other explanation, no matter how thorough and competent the investigation and analysis.

[TLBSHOW]

The truth will come out. This was and its only my opinion but it all started at re-entry, and caught fire that never ended as it streaked across America until it just exploded over Texas and I am sure the left wing damage did not help.

[Howlin]

Precisely. Along with some people on this forum.

[fish70]

Here's a WAG. Maybe the left tire heated up and exploded. This blew the left gear door down, tore some tiles off and caused the roll. This is mearly a wild a** guess from someone not in the know.

[Lancey Howard]

I'm afraid that the media have already decided that the foam insulation is the "obvious" cause, and will never accept any other explanation, no matter how thorough and competent the investigation and analysis.

Like it or not, this is the result of failing to thoroughly check things out. Oh, they "analyzed" this and "concluded" that, but in the end NASA decided to just keep their fingers crossed. They should have checked it out.

[Mulder]

I'm afraid that the media have already decided that the foam insulation is the "obvious" cause, and will never accept any other explanation, no matter how thorough and competent the investigation and analysis

Hopefully the investigation will get to the bottom of it. I believe that a retired Admiral has been put in charge of the investigation, which MAY mean they really want the truth since they didn't put a political hack like Danforth or Kissinger in charge of it.

Since it's likely that none of the "higher-ups" will need to cover their tails with this incident, as with Waco, OKC, 9/11, etc.... there might actually be a real investigation for a change.