Re: Nasa's incompedent managers

From: Douglas A. Gwyn (DAGwyn@null.net)
Date: 02/04/03 

Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 00:57:32 -0500
From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>

DSCOTT wrote:
> I feel that the lazy managers who
> decided not to check for damage done to
> the wing of the shuttle should be fired.

I suggest you wait until all the evidence is collected
before jumping to conclusions. Remember the white van
associated with the recent "Beltway sniper" incident?
Just because you have heard of some item at this time
does not mean that that item is necessarily the culprit.

In fact early in the mission there *was* a review of
the debris impact issue. So far no engineer involved
has said that it was likely to have had significant
effect on safety.

> If they cared they would have checked.

What do you mean, "checked"? EVA? Ground telescope?
The astronauts were not equipped with any means of
making tile repairs in any event. Further, the shuttle
can reenter safely with some missing tiles; it has done
so before.

> One expert even stated they could come in at an
> orientation that lessened heat build up on that wing.

That is already the standard reentry profile.

> The managers didn't even have camera coverage for the
> entry phase.

What, an array of cameras spread across the entire
reentry path? So you record a fuzzy bright dot
streaking past. What good would that have done?

"Theorizing in advance of the evidence is a capital
mistake."

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