D
Dman176
Guest
Read this in the Daily News today about the Columbia shuttle explosion:
"NASA now says it was wrong to discount damaged tiles in catastrophe"
"The loss of external tank foam material and subsequent damage to reentry tiles is a concern because it causes tile replacement costs to significantly increase; however, it is not a flight safety issue."
I'm not going to reprint the whole article, but all I'm thinking is: DUH!! As soon as I saw on the news that something fell off during launch, the first thing I thought was, "Well, there you go, that's probably what went wrong. If structural integrity becomes compromised, even slightly, it has the potential to destroy the framework of an entire structure."
It still amazes me that people always put monetary issues before the safety of human lives. If these geniuses who work at NASA couldn't see what I thought was obvious, then maybe they don't have any business making those kinds of decisions. Perhaps that sounds a bit harsh, but it's how I feel. Just my two cents!
Damon
"NASA now says it was wrong to discount damaged tiles in catastrophe"
"The loss of external tank foam material and subsequent damage to reentry tiles is a concern because it causes tile replacement costs to significantly increase; however, it is not a flight safety issue."
I'm not going to reprint the whole article, but all I'm thinking is: DUH!! As soon as I saw on the news that something fell off during launch, the first thing I thought was, "Well, there you go, that's probably what went wrong. If structural integrity becomes compromised, even slightly, it has the potential to destroy the framework of an entire structure."
It still amazes me that people always put monetary issues before the safety of human lives. If these geniuses who work at NASA couldn't see what I thought was obvious, then maybe they don't have any business making those kinds of decisions. Perhaps that sounds a bit harsh, but it's how I feel. Just my two cents!
Damon