"Mike Speegle" wrote in message
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In news:Charleston typed:

If you look back over the past few years here on SSS, you can even
see a similar almost cavalier swagger develop among some posters with
actual contempt in several instances for those who raised safety
concerns on a multitude of issues.

You must be talking about the likes of CT/Stuf4 who felt the
grounding due to the cracks in the flow liners was unwarranted. You'll
remember how he was *roundly* and *severely* criticized around here for
that particularly head-in-the-sand view. I don't usually see much of a
"cavalier attitude" towards safety by most of the (saner) posters here.

No I wasn't talking about CT. We have all received some criticism now and
then. I still have some small suction cup bruises on my forehead ;-)

Could you perhaps provide examples of this "cavalier swagger"
demonstrated by some of the posters here? And could you demonstrate
what posters to s.s.s have to do with NASA's safety program at all by
posting on little old usenet? Just curious about such a sweeping
statement like this. :-/

Gee, do you really, really mean that Mike? Do you really want me to go dig
up a bunch of posts with names on them? I would not have to go back very
far you know;-) As for how this little group might remotely relate to
NASA's safety program, let me see. How many here work for a NASA
contractor, NASA itself, or know someone at NASA or a NASA contractor. How
many here used to work for any of the above? How many owe there current
jobs to knowledge they gained when they used to work at any of the above?
How many here work at a college or University that gets any sort of grant
money from NASA, and of course how many are related to any of the
above....... Call it a reflection, if you'd like, but if NASA and even the
CAIB cast their eyes here, and if NASA status reports find their way here,
you'd have to be a little blind to miss some sort of loose semblance from a
*philosophical* perspective when it comes to safety issues.

(Oh, and I'm completely eliminating for consideration any
conversations with hallerb as they are irrelevant to *actual*
discussions.) ;-)

I am not sure that is completely fair. The Columbia accident affected all
of us, some more than others. Bob obviously took it pretty badly; however,
with a liitle help from the group he is beginning to bounce back to his good
ol' pre-Challenger Alfred E. Neuman "What me worry" approach to manned space
flight. ;-)

Daniel