[ale] OT: Space Shuttle Columbia - CB followup

[Christopher Bergeron]

> Simple answer:  There's probably nothing to hold on to.
>
> Complex answer:  Bureaucracy and red-tape.  Why should we justify 
> spending XXX,XXX dollars for a safety concern that will likely _NEVER_ 
> happen.
>
> -CB

To clarify this:  I'm speaking with *sarcasm* in the Complex statement 
above.  After reading it, it occurred to me that it could be construed 
as insensitive.  I'd like to nip that thought in the bud here.


Sorry I wasn't clearer in the first place. -CB

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> P.S.
> I'm a Bill O'Reilly fan and I'm watching his program right now.  He 
> did a big expose' last night about why NASA fired 5 safety 
> commissioners a year ago and is following up with it tonight.  His 
> timing was probably not best.  The fellow ale-list-member O'Reilly 
> fans probably caught the show.
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> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
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> |>This is a key statement.  They can't just perform a spacewalk under the
> |>shuttle.  They couldn't check the titles, and as such everything turned
> |>in to a [tragic] afterthought.
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> |I have yet to see an explanation as to why not.
> |
> |- Jeff
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