NASA managers said they might have the astronauts conduct more scans for damage later in the flight.

NASA managers were optimistic that contingency plans would not be needed.

NASA managers said they never felt any pressure to launch Challenger because of the scheduled speech.

The NASA managers did not like this idea and said that at least one crew member had to be wearing a suit at all times.

Finally the NASA managers decided that there was little benefit in having the crew members suited and so relented after a couple of days.

"The NASA managers have the responsibility for executing the program."

NASA managers pushed no further; they have since said that they believed the composite was too tough to be damaged by the light foam.

Flight engineers' concerns about possible problems were not properly communicated to or understood by senior NASA managers.

With each step the locus of blames shifts from the individual NASA managers to the organization itself.

Although there is a chance that such a method will be ready, NASA managers said they could not guarantee that.