Here's something to think about.

My father's not the smartest man in the world, but he did hit on something with the shuttle tragedy. (Though he was joking around at the time.)

You do realize that someone from the TX/LA/AR debris area, will (sooner or later) put a piece (or pieces) of the shuttle up for selling on eBay.

A lot of people will say "No, they won't.", but there's been worse stuff for sale on the internet before.