To: All
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 NASAs incompetence, that the disaster was avoidable and that the cover up had already began. They have offered up memos, 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 weve come to on FR? This doesnt just smear NASA, it smears the seven brave people we honor today.
To: CWOJackson
It doesn't look like NASA is trying to cover-up. At this point it would appear that no one guessed how severe the damage from the falling 2.67 pounds piece of insulation foam onto the left wing would be. This is all in hind-sight, one of those tragic things.
3 posted on
02/04/2003 9:47:20 AM PST by
xJones
To: CWOJackson
Well, in light of NASA changing it's tune in mid chorus, wtf are people supposed to think? If they had studied the impact of "foam" on the wing, any 1st year Engineering student would have realized it hit the wing like a BRICK not a FEATHER. IT WAS INCOMPETENCE, IT WILL REMAIN INCOMPETENT, you know why? Because NO ONE will be held responsible. Isn't a Free Republic based in part on RESPONSIBILITY? From your barb's, I guess you believe everything your told, how does that parse with CONTRADICTION? As for the rest of your strawmen, the only smear going on here will be done totally by NASA themselves. Not to worry though, they get increased funding, for more of the same! Blackbird.
To: CWOJackson
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.
To: CWOJackson
"This doesnt just smear NASA, it smears the seven brave people we honor today."
I disagree. I think it is your attitude which is smearing the crew. We must go where the evidence leads us, and not bury our heads in the sand so we don't "smear" NASA.
19 posted on
02/04/2003 1:11:07 PM PST by
TheDon
To: CWOJackson
Arrrggh! You've turned into a POSTING-BOT!
28 posted on
02/04/2003 2:17:47 PM PST by
bvw
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