Shuttle RTLS abort contradiction

I remember reading about the RTLS abort mode when they were first
getting ready for the Shuttle flights and NASA saying that although this
all worked in computer simulations, they sure never wanted to put it to
the test to see if it worked in real life.

Pat


Its like TSA at the airport, looks awesome matters little.

If highjackers attempt to take over another airliner the passengers
will attack the highjackers

the big risk is bombs, bomb sniffing dogs would be far better than
groping all passengers/

the biggest risk to airliners today is a SAM taking out a aircraft
from the ground, and TSA cant do a thing about that.....