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51 L   107

Process
Investigation + Findings
[[Crossed out]] Accident Itself [[/Crossed-out]]

Formation + kick-off
Context + reporting structure [[?]] diff. 
Roger's Comm. constituted by pres, reported + prev. report declined and pres. Arm's length releationship with NASA (HQ & Carter) kept NOs informed & used NASA tech teams extremely [[?]]
=> Talk  that comm was formed because NASA unresponsive - not accurate 
=> Purely [[crossed-out]] on behalf [[/crossed-out]] as indicator of national [[?]] and belief that one org should investigate itself. Started pretty quickly -> got call 
~3rd day after accident (Rogers already tapped)

[[?]]
This [[crossed-out]] committee [[/crossed-out]] board was a standing committee NASA had established + respond + incidents => one that could be activated immediately

pros + cons evident immediately: 
1) jumped right into [[?]] w/ excellent group of investigators; but 2) reported 2, and [[?]] staffing provided by NASA- water under bridge the adm estab independence
=> one thing to watch
 will be report delivery => released and out to NASA need assurance --> WORD DIDN'T BREAK TH[[incomplete]]CHARACTERIZE INTERVIEWING ALL PRINCIPLES: CONTRACTORS, NASA ENG, PEM OFFICE,  HQ
-EMAIL TRAFFIC
-BRIEFING CHARTS/TRANSCRIPTS of MEETING

put story together from launch photos & video/corroborated with data & debris <--> painstaking, debris showed evidence of[[??]]
not all launch cameras worked,& ones w/best view didn't....
found smoking gun (almost literally) w/photo showing puff of smoke
eng. design/testing
NOW: e-mails transcipts/recordings
putting together who was doing what, when. Who was co[[incomplete]]
Two [phi] accept risk based on past success. Becomes "normal"

REMARKS
GP 2 GENERALLY ASSESS TNG, PL 
TIMELINE in flt anomalies, things being tracked
UNDERSTAND TREATMENT of FOAM, SPECIFICALLY HOW THESE WERE CLASSIFIED, DISPOSITIONED, ANALYZED, DICUSSED & DISPOSITIONED
WORKING W/ both GP1 + GP3 on this
=> HOW WERE DECISIONS MADE (WORKING BACKWARDS FROM 107
-112 FOAM -> [[?]]
tracing how that was treated (& is being treated

107 DISCUSSIONS/ANALYSIS + DECISIONS SURROUNDING THE DEBRIS DAMAGE
=> -ANALYSIS
- IMAGERY
COMMUNICATION
CHANGES
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
TREATMENT of ANOMALIES THAT HAVE SOME "HISTORY"