[Karsus]

Well the part of "nothing NASA could do, don't people get?" that I don't get is that NASA didn't even try.

[Jhoffa_]

If they toss double checks to the wind, they can prep a shuttle in one week.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Alright you are right, they sat around and ployed this themselves had many ways to save them but said na, they should all die and then said ha ha they will crash in a billion pieces over Tx.

More intelligence then I could imagine went over the ascent frame by frame, consulted the crew themselves, scientists, contractors, astronauts, had technology that I could not imagine, and then said screw them let's watch em plummet over Tx. in a billion pieces.