Without a firm link between the root causes of the
current and previous incidents, NASA had *no* engineering rationale for
saying that the odds of bipod foam shedding would be any *less* than 67%
for a rescue flight.


The fact that foam shedding had become accepted, and the test they used for
damage didnt really apply were sad.

but worse was knowlingly ignoring a unknown happening and deciding it wasnt
dangerous with no solid info.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!