I've got to admit that I'm confused about the strong opinions being expressed about the crews decision to fly into a thunderstorm.
I have to ask myself what did the crew know and when did they know it?
And just how do the posters decribe and define a thunderstorm relative to a 3 dimensional module?
I never thought that it was possible to set a tract that would avoid all storm fronts by 100 miles or so, but instead to set an altitude and tract to avoid the most dangerous part of the storm. So to me the mere fact that some turbulence and lightning are reported does not convince me at this time that the crew acted carelessly.