[Fred Mertz]

So that leads me to the vague uneasy fear that this was sabotage. NOT during the flight, and not from the ground, but some time--maybe quite some time--before the Columbia left the earth.

Loon alert!

I see the problem as NASA's to find and correct; probably some sort of design flaw or possibly a manufacturing flaw.

Unfortunately, NASA now controls the information, so I don't watch their 2+ hour press conferences.

[TLBSHOW]

I didn't catch that part as this thread was moing fast. Did Illbay say that?

This is NASA....

[Illbay]

So you're saying it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to buy off a NASA technician (let's say), and have them perform a bit of sabotage?

Oh, that's a relief.

I guess we can forget about being worried that anyone from the CIA might sell out the country for a princely sum, as well.

Right?