Re: Ronald Reagan mostly responsible for the space shuttle challenger tragedy. Gotta beat those Ruskies

From: JimO (jameseoberg_at_houston.rr.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:31:15 GMT

"LaDonna Wyss" <hpywife927@yahoo.com> wrote
> You have just proven beyond question your stupidity. Protocol is
> there for a reason. It is not up to anyone at NASA to decide whether
> or not he "doesn't know" it's too cold. PROTOCOL SAID IT WAS TOO
> COLD! Protocol says don't launch, you DON'T LAUNCH! (Don't tell me
> YOU were the dimwit who made that call?)
> LaDonna

This is not the way that responsible operators understand and use these
concepts.

The reason not to launch that morning was that it had not been shown by
testing
that it would be safe to launch under such conditions.

There was no existing protocol or 'flight rule' or
'launch commit criterion that said "Do NOT launch".

Your obvious sincerity is matched by your obvious ignorance and
self-certainty.

But your contribution to understanding this and the Apollo-204 catastrophe
so far is zero,
because of overwhelming flaws in your attitude.

Jim O
www.jamesoberg.com

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