Yeah, and there's people who've been in Washington forever who don't belong either.
Your "toilet paper" remarks are an attempt to demean the serious nature of what has happened. Circut boards, heat tiles, pieces of the hull - these are not trivial items.
A piece of a Solid Rocket Booster that was fished out of the ocean confirmed the cause of the Challenger accident - A burn hole at the joint of the rocket showed an O ring failure had allowed exhaust to vent toward the fuel tank.
But you don't see any merit in investigating an accident, I guess. Let me know if someone special in your life dies in a crash. I'll send you (and I'll even Overnight Express it) a roll of toilet paper.
Your "holy 5/16 bolt" remarks are an attempt to lend credence to a crowd of over-reaching prosecutors who regularly look the other way when their pals, the politicians, are busy shredding the Constitution daily.
I understand the need for an investigation, but bringing down a fairly fragile vehicle at 12,000 mph lends itself to these sorts of things. They need to chalk it up to experience and move on to another method. Spend the money on a new method, not re-hashing the obvious.
We have more than 9,000 attorneys employed by the federal Department of Justice. I wish they'd spend some time prosecuting other federal lawbreakers such as the millions of illegal aliens and those who hire them. The presence of these lawbreakers DOES impact our lives directly. They drain money for health care and education. They take jobs others (legally entitled to be here) need. They traffic in other humans smuggled and in drugs. Many pay no federal income taxes. Many send virtually every cent they earn in this country to another country - the country of their TRUE love and allegiance.
Stealing shuttle parts is a crime but our federal government conveniently decides other laws more important to our society won't be enforced. A lot of us are thoroughly pissed off at the screwed-up priorities of this mockery of justice.