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Today we pay tribute to seven brave people. These seven people were combat pilots, aeronautical engineers, scientists…astronauts. Many of them had been with the space program for years, for others this was the culmination of their dreams.

Within hours of this terrible disaster there were some on FR claiming that the disaster was the result of NASA’s incompetence, that the disaster was avoidable and that the cover up had already began. They have offered up memo’s, doctored photos and wild rumor as evidence.

In order to be true than we must also assume that the seven astronauts who died were fools or somehow duplicitous in their own deaths. Are we expected to believe that the knowledge of a few rumor mongers on the internet is greater then that of those who flew on Challenger?

Are we to believe that these seven astronauts were not aware of the foam problems on the shuttle program or the effects of budget cuts on the program? Are we to believe that they were foolish enough to fly a platform into space that was doomed from the beginning as some on FR claim?

If we accept their speculation then we must also assume that their fellow astronauts, walking the woodlands of east Texas looking for their remains, will not seek to discover the real cause of their deaths, but will work to cover up for NASA. Do you really believe this?

Is this what we’ve come to on FR? This doesn’t just smear NASA, it smears the seven brave people we honor today.

Not getting to the bottom of it would be worst!

CWOJackson....you ask: Is this what we’ve come to on FR? This doesn’t just smear NASA, it smears the seven brave people we honor today.

Yes, and look at this:

To: Miss Marple

You miss the point. This mission should never of happened. The shuttle should of been grounded until things were fixed RIGHT.....see the Nelson letter to President Bush.

556 posted on 02/03/2003 10:54 AM PST by TLBSHOW

To: Timesink

This could of been prevented.

8 posted on 02/03/2003 6:07 AM PST by TLBSHOW

To: Mo1

It should never of even gone up that is the bottom line. There was warnings before.

51 posted on 02/03/2003 6:28 AM PST by TLBSHOW To: BureaucratusMaximus

This is negligence plain and simple.

BUMP

58 posted on 02/03/2003 6:29 AM PST by TLBSHOW

To: Mo1

It was not an act of God it was NASA and there was plenty of warnings for years!

98 posted on 02/03/2003 6:39 AM PST by TLBSHOW

To: Mark Felton

This launch should of been halted!~

144 posted on 02/03/2003 6:56 AM PST by TLBSHOW

To: HairOfTheDog

this isn't a hatchet job its NASA that did NOT do their lob and 7 people are dead!

283 posted on 02/03/2003 7:51 AM PST by TLBSHOW

To: PBRSTREETGANG

Sorry no I can't take credit for that.

The only one that can take credit for that is Don Nelson who sent a warning to President Bush in the summer, and in dec the President said no he would not stop the program.

310 posted on 02/03/2003 8:06 AM PST by TLBSHOW

To: Fred Mertz

If this happened in the civilian sector, there would probably be negligent homicide charges filed at some point in the investigation. I doubt that will happen with NASA.

365 posted on 02/03/2003 8:30 AM PST by TLBSHOW

To: Timesink

Now telling that the WH rebuffed Don and says there will now be a push to say oh its just one of those things we could do nothing to cover their backside but truth is there was warnings and the people in power don't want to stop it because the program may never get off the ground and all the pork is gone.

672 posted on 02/03/2003 2:18 PM PST by TLBSHOW

To: ET(end tyranny)

I saw that, if anyone would of listened these 7 people would not be dead!

689 posted on 02/03/2003 2:32 PM PST by TLBSHOW

You see CWO...if you read all of these posts...and this is from one thread only, I have a REALLY hard time attributing an altruistic, 'just did it to give FR a heads up' motive to old TLB.

Frankly, TLB's defense with this 'just giving FR a heads up about what was going to hit the media', doesn't hold water based on TLB's very own posts, does it? You said it best CWO:

This doesn’t just smear NASA, it smears the seven brave people we honor today.

I find that you have posted his about ten times across the forum. Evidently embarassing yourself on just one thread wasn't bad enough. Here's what I said to you on the other posts.

I'm just curious if you also think it's an insult to homicide, robbery, or assault victims when their family and friends exercise their God given talents to investigate who
carried out those crimes, when the police are unable to asertain who did it? In this instance we have an agency that has two vested interests, full disclosure and the
welfare of the agency itself. Why it would be an insult to the astronauts to make sure they weren't short-changed in the process, is beyond me.

I have seen the product of your logic before. It's generally interesting, but seldom very sound. Don't give up.

Today we pay tribute to seven brave people. These seven people were combat pilots, aeronautical engineers, scientists…astronauts. Many of them had been with the space program for years, for others this was the culmination of their dreams.

...This doesn’t just smear NASA, it smears the seven brave people we honor today.

Thank you for saying it! Enough of the fingerpointing and screeching by people who have no stake in this, no expertise, and no repercussions if they are wrong. Let NASA solve this. It is their project, their passion, and they are the ones who have to really know the right answer. They'll find it.