It seems like Nasa has no control over its own personel to get the jobs done. Giving up is not a option nor is ignoring the problems.

I myself have sent into the return to flight several ways to overcome ands actually recieved replies of which some have comfirmation that they were following those same suggestions. Now I find that they are giving up on the RCC tile wrap over appoach to repair.

I say how about a wrap over prevention of another harder material than the RCC tiles. Something that does not matter if it degrades an burns off on re-entry or is jetisoned before.

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Time crunch looms over shuttle fixes

Work remaining on 10 of 15 shuttle return-to-flight initiatives must wrap up by mid-December to meet the March-April launch window
http://www.flatoday.com/news....AIN.htm

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NASA's backup plan involves rescue shuttles, space station

http://www.flatoday.com/news....CUE.htm

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Items that can change a good working model into an ineffective or non operative one.

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Fixing culture may be toughest task
http://www.flatoday.com/news....URE.htm

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On the spring day when Discovery sits out there on its launch pad waiting to return to space, saying "go" or "no go" for launch won't be so hard.

Wayne Hale, a veteran shuttle flight director, is accustomed to making tough choices on the spot. Instead, for Hale, the stuff to sweat over includes the countless wrenching decisions that must be made during this two-plus years between the last shuttle flight and the next one.

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No rubber stamps
http://www.flatoday.com/news....TLE.htm

Snipet:
T-minus seven months and counting, or so NASA hopes.

The agency continues to press for a March or April liftoff of the first post-Columbia shuttle flight, which must go without a hitch for its manned spaceflight program to regain traction and credibility with the public.

Posted by: Harold LaValley at August 26, 2026 04:54 AM

NASA Cites Progress in Columbia Board Recommendations
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/caib_rtf_update_040826.html

The agency has already met five of the 15 recommendations set in a report by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) which was released on this day one year ago. The remaining 10 recommendations are to be addressed by year's end.

Well at the rate of completion of each item they will still be grounded come next spring.

Posted by: Harold LaValley at August 27, 2026 08:18 AM

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