If you are an information professional, you've likely already read your share of articles decry that Microsoft's PowerPoint software makes you dumb. Now, PowerPoint is being blamed for the Columbia Space Shuttle accident. As much as I'm not a fan of the software, I'd say such a charge is going perhaps a tad too far. The problem isn't PowerPoint, but that people are confusing its ability to deliver high-end information quickly and easily with some ability to deliver in-depth information as quickly and effectively. It pains me to think that government decision-makers would rely on information presented in PowerPoint slides, and PowerPoint slides alone, to guide the fate of nations, much less space craft.