[Chad Fairbanks]

Not if they had not gone up in the first place.

Yeah, let's just stop all attempts at advancement of knowledge because something bad might happen...

[TLBSHOW]

I agree we should not stop the program but in this case there is major problems with NASA and if it was doomed from the start then it should not of started. Until there was a way out of the shuttle for these people. One of them used to live near me and the family is still local, this is being felt right where I live. There was no reason any of them had to die, not with the warning.

http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2003/02/03/shuttlelo.html

[TLBSHOW]

NASA must change its operating philosophy or that light at the end of the tunnel will be an approaching freight train!

Don A. Nelson is an aerospace writer. He retired from NASA in January 1999 after 36 years with the Agency. He participated in the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Space Shuttle Projects as a mission planner and operations technologist. Mr. Nelson was a supporting team member for the first rendezvous in space, first manned mission to the moon, first manned lunar landing, and the first flight of the Space Shuttle. During his last 11 years at NASA, he served as a mission operations evaluator for proposed advanced space transportation projects. He was on the initial design team for the space shuttle. He has participated in every shuttle upgrade effort until his retirement.

Mr. Nelson is a graduate of Southern Methodist School of Engineering. He is a certified private pilot and holds a Phase VI Pilot Proficiency Wings award from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Mr. Nelson is the author of, "NASA New Millennium Problems and Solutions."

e-mail: nasaproblems@yahoo.com

6 – Human Exploration of Mars—Still A NASA Management Fantasy

To strive for mankind to walk on the surface of Mars is a noble goal . . . but

Many factors must be resolved before human Mars exploration can be considered as a feasible and realistic endeavor. First, there must be a worthwhile reason for having human activity on Mars.

[YaYa123]

"Yeah, let's just stop all attempts at advancement of knowledge because something bad might happen..."

Excellent example of dead on sarcasm that does seem to reflect the thinking of some, It would apply equally to the War With Iraq naysayers. They say, we can't start a war, we don't know how it will turn out, we don't know how long it will take, how costly, how many lives will be lost, how can we win the peace even if we do win the war?

and by the way, this article very accurately reflects what Dittimore said in his press conference yesterday, I'm astounded. ....and I'm worried. Because not only do I think I understood much of what he was saying, I believed him.