Did you hear during the news conference that one of the astronauts (David Hall?) emailed his brother about their taking pics of the underside of the left wing during the mission. If this is true then NASA/AF did try to take pics of the damage. What did they know and when did they know it? Wonder how many bird cages will be lined with the shredded papers when they're done...
There are too many straight up and honest taggers at NASA for any coverup to work. Especially the older ex-military types near retirement. Some of them are having fits right now.
FYI, I understand that there was supposed to be an announcement Monday of who the next major shuttle contractor was supposed to be. I understsand that is on hold. It was supposed to be some contractor with a "hispanic name". I suppose that might be Hernandez Engineering or someone else.