Nasa is to press ahead with next month’s space shuttle launch against the advice of the agency’s chief safety officer and top engineer, who have warned that the same problems that doomed Columbia in 2003 could lead to another catastrophe.

The decision followed two days of “spirited discussion” among senior managers at Kennedy Space Centre about the risk of foam insulation falling from Discovery’s fuel tank and striking the shuttle during its planned lift-off on July 1.
guardian.co.uk

Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman.

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