The Bush administration searched back to see what was done then and followed the same course of investigation.
Conspiracy, incompetence?? Let's be real. There are a million things that could happen discounting human error. There are so many variables that it boggles the ordinary mind. Space travel progresses on the wings of a dream, technology and a prayer.
From the Kitty Hawk to the moon in such a short time. Phenominal!! What Dreamers we are!!! How brave our astronauts are!!