While O’Keefe was out of the conference room, Roy Bridges asked me, “Mike, what do you think happened?” I replied, “The only thing I can think of is the foam strike.” I called for someone to bring us copies of the photos of the launch debris hitting the shuttle’s wing. O’Keefe returned, and I passed around the photos. I said, “We don’t know if this is it, but there’s nothing else about this flight that stands out. This is the only thing I can think of as a potential problem.” Everyone stared at the photos.
