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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (24575)	2/1/2003 2:17:35 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57110

The entire shuttle program has been one of cost cutting. Its original design was suppose to allow for horizontal takeoff and landing

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (24575)	2/1/2003 4:36:50 PM
From: Techplayer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57110

Lizzie, I was just watching CNN when I saw a remark that excessive structural heating was taking place, followed by the loss of the heat sensors. This apparently happened at 8:53, several minutes before the the craft broke apart. Do you know if re-entry can be aborted when there is an obvious overheating problem? I am curious about the safeguards in the computer programming that controls critical phases of flight. Re-entry is the most critical after take off, obviously. I assume that during this phase of the flight that converting to manual control would be next to impossible. If it turns out that the computer knew that the exterior was overheating but could not or did not abort over several minutes, I would call that a design flaw. Another flaw to me is that there is apparently no means for the crew members to go underneath to inspect or repair damage incurred after takeoff.