Two years of Columbia accident, NASA is still undecided about procedures for in-flight repair on the heat shield. Columbia broke apart over Texas during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003. All seven astronauts were killed. A loose piece of foam from the giant external fuel tank struck the left wing 81 seconds after liftoff.

NASA engineers are debating three procedures for in-flight repairs of the shuttle's protective tiles and two methods of patching carbon panels on the leading edges of the wings, both critical to keeping the shuttle intact during its fiery re-entry into Earth.

Mission commander Eileen Collins, who was at the Kennedy Space Center, said NASA had not yet decided on which repair techniques to test.

Early-on there were accusations about incompetence/negligence on the part of Lockheed technicians applying the foam insulation around the bipod struts.
Now, Lockheed is almost never mentioned - NASA is credited with the redesign and installation of the insulation/heaters. And the blame for the bad original design and disregard in previous foam delamination and the precipatory event.
Does Lockheed have this great an influence on the media?