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Then put yourself in Commander Rick Husband's place. He'd have had no cause for alarm. He had all the reassurance he needed.
Post-accident truth always has some shocking revelations. Reminds me of a large training jet formation where a couple of dual aircraft down the back reported a wing-touch. I got the deputy lead to drop back and inspect them and he came back as expected with "just a few paint-scrapes on the two tiptanks - no apparent leaks". Nevertheless I broke them off and told them to recover independently via a slow speed handling check at 10,000ft. That was SOP. I'd have been hung for doing anything else. Transpose to the 107 Shuttle situation and see the difference. It never hurts to err on the side of caution. It's called airmanship - although some might call it pessimism. You'll never be hung for it or wake up in a cold sweat of shirked responsibility. NASA apparently doesn't subscribe to that comic.
The Case for A NASA Safety Supremo
Remember, the sainted Jerry Lederer set up NASA's safety program. He is also the founder of the ineffectual (and wholly commercial) Flight Safety Foundation. Safety isn't something that can be run by committee or bought off the shelf.