[SOC] Once agn ...

[Bill Cunningham]

Mixed logic here.

> If it matters at all, then every piece of debris is needed to try and
> figure out the reason
> for the breakup.

Absolutely.  More precisely, it is not yet known which pieces of debris are
irrelevant and thus all possible must be collected before discarding any.

 >From what I am reading in the Newspapers I think that
> the incident
> during liftoff was the cause for the explosion.

Take what the press says very lightly.  They have no other information and
consider themselves forced to speculate on a conclusion  with zero
additional facts.  The best experts available at the time studied that
incident and judged it was not a danger.  That does not make them correct,
but their basis for judgement is certainly better than the press.  What you
have is an hypothesis.  Note the singular.  Reason for my snotty response is
local headline "the possible cause" as opposed to "a possible cause."  That
simple misuse of English hugely biases the reader's opinions, intentionally
or otherwise.

>Unfortunately that craft
> was doomed before
> they even tried re-entry.

Quite possibly,  but not necessarily because of the single hypothesis
advanced.  This statement is a conclusion of consequence, not of one of
cause, and it is based solely on the presumed correctness of the hypothesis
advanced.

 I personally would jail any one caught taking
> parts home or to sell.

We do have laws to do exactly that.  Unfortunately, we can't outlaw
stupidity.

73, Bill C
K4KSR