Challenger: The Untold Story Part 4 of 10

A Lone Morton Thiokol Engineer tried to convince NASA and Thiokol management that their booster rocket is flawed. Both NASA and Thiokol ignore his warnings.The next day The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes over Florida and the Rogers Commission is formed to find out what exactly happened.

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• shuttle
• challenger
• diaster
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• rogers
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• morton
• thiokol
• Roger
• Boisjoly

[calcmandan]

ugh another video out of sync with the audio.

[flyersloyalist]

Excerpt from The Secret of the Machines - By Rudyard Kipling

We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive,

We can print and plough and weave and heat and light,

We can run and race and swim and fly and dive,

We can see and hear and count and read and write!

But remember, please, the Law by which we live,

We are not built to comprehend a lie,

We can neither love nor pity nor forgive.

If you make a slip in handling us you DIE!

[Marty933]

As usual, when politicans and managers think they know it all, things fall apart very quickly. The Thiokol managers and Nasa management knew there was danger in the cold weather, but they were still willing and able to risk someone else's life over it.

[MrCrazyh81]

what a shame ppl like them paid with there lifes 2 learn about space RIP

[Jeff42085]

"The public remains oblivious to any danger"...!?!?!?  Do they really think the public is that ignorant!?!?

[calcmandan]

@columbusohio72 Practice what you preach instead of being a smartass. Perhaps you're accustomed to speaking on everyone's behalf where you're from. FYI - It doesn't work like that on the net. kthx

[columbusohio72]

@calcmandan If you would kindly upload one we would all greatly appreciate it

[MrJackanthony]

@poodtang1 hmmm...

[poodtang1]

@MrJackanthony

It's easier for some people to bury their head in the sand, otherwise they might have to do something about it.

[pawel115]

Reagan-For the lucky one who goes in the Shuttle-Oh God

[pigpigpigwwf]

•For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.—by Nobel laureate Richard Feynman