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-you're asking 20/20 hindsight or what -- what my thought was then? -well, it sounds like you were just kind of seeking reassurance that everything was ok, as opposed to digging in and saying, 'how do we know this? ' -i didn't have a preconceived notion on the damage or the possible consequences, and i needed to wait for them to complete their work. -the best experts at our disposal concluded that it was a minor problem, not a significant problem. -and when you added all that up, there was no need to take pictures to document any evidence because we believed it to be superficial and it to be a...

A turnaround issue, what they meant was some level of repair. So when columbia comes back . When it comes back, but nothing really bad. That bad. Just local repair. Patch it up and lets go again. And thats what was being communicated to linda yes. Yes, yes. Okay. Even though you all sat there. Yes. And thought it wasnt okay. What . You didnt you didnt she was in the room with you. She was in the room with us. So what what prevented you from going to talk to her . The Chain Of Command protocol. You dont approach managers directly. Youre, you know, youre a grown man and youre in the room of only...

Before we schedule the next launch. In other words, again, they were thinking it was more of a turnaround issue. And so, it wasnt preventing Shuttle Flights from going forward. The pressure on the Management Team to stay on schedule and the concept of, its just foam is leading the charge through all of this. So, it wasnt like they werent talking about issues at all, but there certainly was a Big Focus On The on the schedule. Heres an email, its tuesday january 21st, this was sent six days into the columbia mission. This is a private exchange between Linda Ham and ron dittemore, two of the top ...

In hindsight were you sufficiently open to the idea that this was a really serious problem . Youre asking 20 20 hindsight or what what my thought was then . Well, it sounds like you were just kind of seeking reassurance that everything was ok, as opposed to digging in and saying, how do we know this . i didnt have a preconceived notion on the damage or the possible consequences, and i needed to wait for them to complete their work. The best experts at our disposal concluded that it was a minor problem, not a significant problem. And when you added all that up, there was no need to take picture...