[Clean_Sweep]

"THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO."

I think this statement is asburd. I'm positive that the 7 people on board would have been full of ideas had they known of their predicament.

[Atlas Sneezed]

""THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.""

"I think this statement is asburd. I'm positive that the 7 people on board would have been full of ideas had they known of their predicament."

I agree. Why not at least make an EFFORT to save the crew? We don't know all the facts yet, but I won't be surprised if NASA should have known of the danger, but crossed their fingers that it wouldn't be a problem (just like caused the Challenger disaster), instead of addressing the problem the best they could (such as by a rescue launch from another shuttle.)