It has been nearly 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its 10th flight on January 28, 1986, killing her crew and shocking the world. Author Adam Higginbotham's new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space, looks at the long chain of events that led to the Challenger disaster and its aftermath, in which a small group of engineers stood up against NASA and their employers.
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00:00 Introduction
02:03 Remembering the Challenger Disaster
08:54 Go Fever
12:50 The Road to the Space Shuttle
15:35 The TFNGs
20:08 Compromises in the Shuttle's Design
28:40 Visit to PASM - SOFIA
31:47 What are Solid Rocket Boosters?
34:00 O-Rings
38:35 The Ambitious Flight Schedule of the Shuttle Program
40:57 The Crew of STS-51-L
43:18 The Teacher in Space - Christa McAuliffe
48:21 Ron McNair and Jean-Michel Jarre
49:56 Judy Resnik
51:32 The Rocket Engineers of Morton Thiokol
01:03:59 Conclusion and Join us on Patreon!
All images NASA unless otherwise stated. All credit to the original image owners. Today Dr Judith Resnik clip is copyright NBC.
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