To: bonesmccoy
Observing Monday's news conference, Ron Dettemore's composure appeared to dramatically change when asked about the possibility of ice on the insulating foam, and how that would change estimates of damage to the tiles. His voice hardened and became loud as he appeared to obfuscate and hide behind "intelligent men assessed all possibilities and decided there was not a problem". None of the reporters challenged him at this point, following up with a marshmallow question of "what about the future of space flight?" Reminds me of the Challenger news conferences. Bless the heroes of Columbia.
To: lysol@whitehouse
Observing Monday's news conference, Ron Dettemore's composure appeared to dramatically change when asked about the possibility of ice on the insulating foam, and how that would change estimates of damage to the tiles. His voice hardened and became loud as he appeared to obfuscate and hide behind "intelligent men assessed all possibilities and decided there was not a problem". Sounds like he was kind of put on the defensive.
I'm willing to bet that the possibility of not just foam insulation coming off, but ice along with it is a possibility the NASA engineers could have easily overlooked in their analysis.
Common sense tells us that damage to left wing area is the cause of the left wing problems seen by ground control prior to the shuttle break-up.
My bet is NASA engineers already believe they screwed up.
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02/04/2003 7:57:40 PM PST by
Jorge
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