Exactly.  The memo was a way to put a stake in the ground that can be impossible at a meeting that someone else is conducting.<p>At a meeting, if the organizer chooses to move on to another topic after you present an issue, you have no choice but to go along.  Here&#x27;s a Shuttle Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;appel.nasa.gov&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;sites&#x2F;2&#x2F;2010&#x2F;12&#x2F;06pd1141.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;appel.nasa.gov&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;sites&#x2F;2&#x2F;2010&#x2F;12&#x2F;06p...</a><p>It&#x27;s hard to stop a train like that.<p>Currently, the (large) meeting room at NASA JSC where flight decisions are made has many big red hand pieces at which anyone who has an issue can break in.