[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.

[steve in DC]

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.

It's actually not even that simple. EPA folks are largely mid-level types with no practical understanding of materials and process engineering. They make vague pronouncements about material substuitution and then require industries to simply prove their cockamamie opinions and platitudes incorrect.