Scientist 1: There's a change in the silicon mass.
Scientist 2: Yeah, it's probably just a bird.
Scientist 3: Here's a bright idea: why don't you make sure it's just a bird before you mutate the crap out of something just because you were too lazy to safely run this nighttime sand mutation experiment?
Scientist 2: Ugh, fine. [stops experiment] ...That is a big bird down there. Kinda looks like a guy. Oh, wait, it is a guy down there!
Scientist 2: Yeah, it's probably just a bird.
Scientist 3: Here's a bright idea: why don't you make sure it's just a bird before you mutate the crap out of something just because you were too lazy to safely run this nighttime sand mutation experiment?
Scientist 2: Ugh, fine. [stops experiment] ...That is a big bird down there. Kinda looks like a guy. Oh, wait, it is a guy down there!
—How It Should Have Ended, pointing out a pretty big oversight in Spider-Man 3.
Experts have reviewed the high speed photography and there is no concern for RCC or tile damage. We have seen this same phenomenon on several other flights and there is absolutely no concern for entry.
— Steve Stich, flight director of STS-107, three days before the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry
in 2003
in 2003