[Wolfstar]

During Columbia's launching Jan. 16, long-range tracking cameras showed a relatively large piece of foam debris falling away from the shuttle's external tank and striking the underside of the orbiter's left wing.

I'm sorry to disagree with you, Jael, but I watched each of the briefings they had over the weekend, in their entirety. The NASA spokesmen said, point blank, that they did not know of the debris hitting the orbiter until the day after launch when they did their routine frame-by-frame check of the films. That is precisely what the men said and, if necessary, I will look for a transcript of the briefings to date (if they exist anywhere on the web) to prove it to you.

[demlosers]

Maybe this lead to the loss of Columbia?

Photo Of CRACKS In Columbia In Israeli Paper

[Jael]

"During Columbia's launching Jan. 16, long-range tracking cameras showed a relatively large piece of foam debris falling away from the shuttle's external tank and striking the underside of the orbiter's left wing."

I'm sorry to disagree with you, Jael

You are not disagreeing with me, you are disagreeing with NASA.