-for the second time in nasa s history, a space shuttle has been lost along with its entire crew. once again, we are asking ourselves, how could this have happened? -do you have any idea how big that piece of foam was that came off? -we d heard some reports that during launch there had been some concerns that some debris hit the wing. is that true and is that any cause of concern and that could have caused today s problems? -it is true. it was judged that, erm , that event did not represent a safety concern. -this happened under my watch, but i didn t have the answers. in every public forum i m gonna have to be in, how am i gonna explain this to anybody? at this time, we have no indication that the mishap was caused by anything or anyone on the ground. -nasa never wants to look stupid. nasa wants to be the agency with the answers. -my thoughts are on what we missed, what i missed to allow this to happen. -but if you overlook something, it will come to bite you one day or anot
so, it s difficult for us to believe as engineers, as management and as a team, that this particular piece of foam debris shedding from the tank represented a safety of flight issue. -i caught some segment that ron got into in which he said in a declarative voice. -right now, it just does not make sense to us that a piece of debris would be the root cause for the loss of columbia and its crew. there s got to be another reason. -well, how can he say that? where is he getting that from? what a big denial. -to be certain it was foam is nonsense, right? but to be certain it wasn t foam is equally nonsense. right? and that s what they were saying. it s not foam. well, how do you know? -i know from the accident investigation team s perspective,
And i think weve made some foam available to you so that you can get an understanding of the composition of this material. Its very lightweight, which is logical. You would want it to be lightweight because the more weight you put on the tank, the less upmass you could launch into an orbit. So, its difficult for us to believe as engineers, as management and as a team, that this particular piece of Foam Debris Shedding from the tank represented a safety of flight issue. I caught some segment that ron got into in which he said in a declarative voice. Right now, it just does not make sense to us that a piece of debris would be the Root Cause for the loss of columbia and its crew
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