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The CYA gang is always present in any bureaucratic heirarchy.

And blamethrowers abound as well.

I'm interested in causes and preventions. Other people seem more interested in claiming vast conspiracies and tarring and feathering anyone within reach.

The shuttle is a vast complicated engineering and management undertaking. Despite the blamethrower's claims that they "knew it all along", in fact none of them know anything yet. The causes are slowly being verified -- as it should be. There was never a need to "rush to judgement."

I am not intrested in 'tarring and feathering' anyone. Further I don't need to be preached to regarding the complexity of the shuttle systems.

This accident had nothing to do with complexity and everything to do with a historical bias regarding the foam shedding problem. (Everyone noticed the blase attitude exhibited by Dittemore during the early news conferences when this subject was brought up.)

I totally agree with you that the problem should be researched, and solutions incorporated on future flights.

I am an ardent supporter of the program. Nonetheless, the infrequent but dramatic deaths of officers, pilots, and specialists has appeared to me, to have been uneccessary and preventable.