You know, Nick, it's a shame they let jerks like you run
around loose. You throw stones first, then ask questions.

--
John Thomas Maxson, Retired Engineer (Aerospace)
Author, The Betrayal of Mission 51-L (www.mission51l.com)


Nicholas Fitzpatrick wrote
in message ...

You know, I've been completely ignoring all this Maxson stuff
all this time, as most of the discussion, once it got going, had
little context in it. But looking at this page, and some others,
including Maxson's, which I have never seen before, I can come to only
one conclusion:

The USA need more mental health facilities. :-)

Seriously though, what on earth would Nasa's motive ever be for
a cover-up like that? It was pretty clear to everyone at the time
that they were after answers. And if the accident cause was different
than expected, then what would be the point of hiding it.

And if I understand all this correctly, Maxson is suggesting that it
was a deliberate act of sabotage by the Reagan administration, to slow
down the civilian space program? I mean, just how nuts can one person
possibly be? Forget everything else, if my recollection of 1986-1989
is correct, Nasa funding got increased because of the accident. The
newspapers were full of reports of the Reagan administration doing
a lot, to put the program back on track.

Sometimes, I wonder if we would be better off moderating these groups, so
as to keep the fruit loops out.

Nick