"Richard F. Drushel, Ph.D." wrote in message
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Herb Schaltegger spake unto the ether:

But if Congress, or the public, or the press, or the old guys
from the MOCR want blood, then I guess Ham and Dittemore are convenient
sacrifices. I personally don't know what "justice" is in this situation.
Sack them? Transfer them to different jobs in the bowels of NASA? Put
them on trial? Public hanging from the swing arm on Pad 39A?

"First rule of management: EVERYTHING is you fault!" (Hopper, "A Bug's
Life")

....Somebody will look for blood, sure, but the smarter thing would be to
analyze how they fit into the "failure chain," identify a pattern, and work
to fix it, right?

I wish that Governors, Congressmen, and Presidents had to be as
accountable as what NASA is :-(

You won't get any argument out of me. Gehman has said that they're going to
look at the role of budget cuts, though.