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" I typed what I heard. And as I told everybody on the thread, I was at a disadvantage because I did NOT know what they were talking about."

I watched the NASA presser using closed captioning and your impressions are exactly as mine were.The main point I took from the conference,was that the engineers looked at the models from every conceivable angle and probability and determined that there was not going to be a problem,from the debris hitting the wing.As the father of an aerospace engineer and the brother of a mechanical engineer,I can say from personal experience that these guys share an almost OCD quality about their work and life. Ever watch an engineer hang a picture? They get out the rulers and plumb lines and stud finders and make a 2 minute project into a 20 minute ordeal,at best. I look at the wall and gestimate and slap up the picture.My pictures always lean and theirs are perfection.The assumption that some are making is that the engineers acknowledged there would be a problem and then ignored the solution.What I took from the press op today,like you,is that the engineers did not think the tile damage,if any,would be a problem.