[RichardW]

Sounds plausible to me.

[HELLRAISER II]

The environmentalists don't give a $hit whether or not their suggested changes caused the crash or not just so long as some owl or minnow was saved, the astronauts on the other hand were/are expendable in their eyes.

[Marauder]

There should be hell to pay if envirowacks and their "pet peeves" caused the tragic deaths of seven of the world's most brilliant and accomplished people.

[Mo1]

Just a little over a minute into Columbia's launch Jan. 16, a chunk of insulating foam peeled away from the external fuel tank and smashed into the left wing, which like the rest of the shuttle is covered with tiles to protect the ship from the extreme heat of re-entry into the atmosphere

I think it is important to investigate this foam issue

But has it been determined wheather it was foam or ice that fell off??

[Salvation]

I just read this story. Unbelievable!

My computer has been down so that's why I haven't been pestering everyone. Ha!

[Tailgunner Joe]

bump

[editor-surveyor]

As much as I despise the Urth-worshipping enviro-NAZI, I'd say that this has to be laid at the feet of the Bone-Heads who run the tax-eating garbage dump known as NASA.

Can you say Judgement?

[HairOfTheDog]

NASA engineers with something useful to say have other options than to write unsolicited letters to the president.

I would love to see the truckload of letters the president receives every week from some ticked off Joe Citizen with a cause.