After reading many of your posts here, you impress me as the kind of
person who would actually be disappointed if your vehicle loss
prediction doesn't happen because you wouldn't be able to say I told you so.

Sadly I predicted we would lose another orbiter before the columbia
disaster. Based on the number of near disasters leading up to that
flight. True I had no way of knowing what would fail but faiure was
predictable based on previous troubles.

google back and you will find my posts which also asked aboiut shuttle
stuck at station. Others laughed at me, some pad rats tried assuring me
I was wrong.things were safe

I happened to be in orlando the day coumbia didnt make it home,
listening for the sonic boom from our hotel....

Sadly NASA has learned NOTHING from the disasters, and is about to
proceed in killing again.

All to keep some jobs for a few extra years