[BlazingArizona]

Tire pressure?

Just as in commercial aircraft, the wheels are folded up inside the Shuttle wings when the gear is retracted. They are inflated with nitrogen. The first sign of a burn-through on the underside of a wing in that vicinity could show up as a spike in tire pressure. This is pure speculation, of course, one of many that pople will be making in the months to come.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Maybe speculation, but it would seem to make sense.

[The Great Satan]

That would be my speculation, too. This recording doesn't sound particularly consistent with the aerodynamic break-up scenario, IMO. Not on the face of it, anyway.

[maquiladora]

Thanks. Makes sence now.

[eno_]

I think they were losing sensors in a worrying pattern, rather than getting readings that were outside the normal range.