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

From: LaDonna Wyss (hpywife927_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: 18 Jun 2004 11:31:46 -0700

"JimO" <jameseoberg@houston.rr.com> wrote in message news:<D8CAc.1548$1L2.778@fe1.texas.rr.com>...
> "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

Thank you so very much for your concerns about my attitude, Mr. Oberg,
but I think that is the least of the issues. You know certainly good
and well there were temperature guidelines for launch. When the
temperature was below those guidelines they were not to launch. That
simple. And, by the way (and I KNOW THIS will get everyone in a
tizzie, but oh, well): I spoke with Jim Lovell at great lengths years
ago, and one of the many issues we discussed was Challenger. I was
ranting about the photos of icicles hanging off her just before
liftoff, and I said, "You wouldn't let a helicopter take off with
icicles hanging off it." To which he shook his head sadly and
replied, "No, you sure wouldn't."
So, why don't you call up your old compadre and ask HIM what he thinks
about that launch?
LaDonna

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