[rescue] Re: [geeks] Crap! Not again...

[Stefan Skoglund]

Kris Kirby wrote:

>1) We had an Israeli on board.
>2) Israelis have problems with Palestinians.
>3) Colombia is the oldest shuttle (Challenger was, until it went).
>4) `State of Emergency' and Terror Alerts.
>

Every times one of those goes up in space a whole host of things could
create a catastrophe.

NASA even have an special security officer in case the shuttle
would diverge across Florida making a salto at launch time.
His/Her hands is literally on a RED button connected to a bit
of explosive onboard the shuttle in case some bit/fuel or whatever could 
be expected to hit
some suburb in Jacksonville or New Orleans.
The crash of a shuttle with all that expolisives (tons of  Hydrogen and 
Oxygen) in
Miami could shut down NASA forever.
The explosions in World Trade Center would look small..