Yep, he sure shouldn't have let something as minor as the loss of seven close collegues, a space shuttle and God knows what else distract him from the perfection you demand!
It is a shame that you might have something valuable to contribute to the discourse, but your approach causes many to just ignore you for a crank!
I'm not demanding perfection. His statement was odd, and deserving of criticism. Dittemore seems like an intelligent man, and above average in many ways, and this is probably the toughest week of his life, so I can recognize the good things about him, too.
I do notice that just about everyone on your side of the issue resorts to personal attack. I'll leave it at that.