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From: barb@oliven.UUCP (Barbara Jernigan)
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Subject: Re: unanswered questions
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 17:47:58 EST
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> I was glad to see an independent commission set
> up to investigate this disaster. But that also means someone in the
> White House does not trust NASA completely, or thinks there will be
> charges of a white wash. 

Not necessarily.  I would think it SOP to appoint an independent party
to investigate such accidents (hense, the FAA and Grand Juries).  That
way, project-egos are *less* involved.  (I'd be an idiot to suggest
any body of people can be totally objective.) 

Which is to say (though I may be wrong), I sincerely doubt that the
gov't suspects hanky-panky -- they're just covering the bases.

Barb