Re: NASA Issues new Safety Guidelines

From: Craig Fink (WeBeGood_at_GMail.Com)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:31:57 GMT

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:29:37 +0000, Rand Simberg wrote:

> On 24 Mar 2005 07:20:00 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Ed Kyle"
> <edkyle99@hotmail.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
> way as to indicate that:
>
>>Rand Simberg wrote:
>>>
>>> While I think that the policies for both sites are stupid (and I
>>> hadn't previously been aware of AF policy--thanks), I'm particularly
>>> amused by the notion that NASA now thinks that it has to make sure
>>> that any debris from future entry accidents falls into the (deep)
>>> Pacific. Had this policy been in place pre-Columbia, we would have
>>> had no forensic evidence to work with for accident investigation
>>> other than telemetry.
>>
>>The overwater reentry policy sounds like a tacit
>>admission that the next accident will be the end
>>of the program.
>
> Maybe, but I think you may be giving them too much credit for having
> thought it through.

Yeah, I agree, it's more of a knee jerk response for being so stupid as to
think the "Best Possible Position" was "not" to look for damage and reenter
with a huge hole in the wing.

It's still safe to fly over everyone's heads with an undamage vehicle. 

-- 
Craig Fink
Courtesy E-Mail Welcome @ WeBeGood@GMail.Com

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