[Howlin]

You think it wasn't heated up to 3000 degrees and not on fire?

So why don't they all burn up then, Todd? Because they ALL come in at 3000 degrees when the hit maximum entry.

How do you explain that fact?

That is why people can't trust you.

I'll put my crediblity and knowledge up against yours any day of the week.

[TLBSHOW]

SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) -- NASA acknowledged Monday that its "best and brightest" minds may have gotten it wrong when they concluded in a report four days before Columbia disintegrated that a flying, 2 1/2-pound chunk of insulation did no serious damage to the shuttle's thermal tiles during liftoff.

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