Reply #89: "NIST CHOOSING *not* to perform such precise tests"

[Carefulplease]

We've been over this already. You inquired why NIST choose not to perform those two tests. There were quite severe calibrations issues.

They did not need to perform those particular tests to bolster their "dying hypothesis".

This "hypothesis" is merely that the law of physics held good on 9/11 2001. There were compelling reasons to believe that the insulation material was widely dislodged. Their model is very conservative in this respect. The fires were observed to be widespread and known to be hot. The physics of fire dynamics and heat transfer is well understood. They tested and calibrated their models with large scale burn tests. It would just have defied the laws of physics if the exposed columns had not heated to critical temperatures in such circumstances and in that timeframe.

This "hypothesis" was the consensus among expects before NIST even began their enquiry into the precise collapse initiations sequence. The "hypothesis" you refer to was so qualified, even, only by some amateur controlled-demolitionists with no relevant engineering qualifications.