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Hello Charles - 

CJ>>> Well, I see we disagree again ;-). NASA knew it WAS
CJ>>> broken and didn't fix it. They judged it to be an
CJ>>> acceptable risk. And that judgement had catastrophic
CJ>>> results. 

CA>> Where are you getting this information? 

CJ> I don't know about you but if I am blasting off on a rocket
CJ> and parts start flying off, I going to consider it broken
CJ> ;-). 

AFAIK the idea that some damage was incurred during the ascent
was conjecture. I've not heard any mention of that as a
possible cause in recent coverage. 

CJ> I am not sure they know exactly what happened at this
CJ> point. But the preliminary that I heard though it might
CJ> have been heat related. If tiles are flying off a take off
CJ> I wouldn't be surprised that there was a heat problem. 

(see above) 

CJ> But again, what do I know about space vehicles? ;-) 

Apprently not a great deal. The heat problem is during descent
not during the takeoff. At takeoff heat is not one of their
problems. Projectiles they do not intend to bring back down
have no 'tiles' on them. :-) 

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