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Re: The Challenger disaster

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On 3/02/2026 12:52 pm, Axel wrote:
> 
> Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been 
> stopped 40 years ago - ABC News
> 
> https://share.google/UGbAuW0o2uiGs9rwg
> 
> Interesting read about NASA's shuttle disasters, and how management's 
> pig-headedness resulted in the deaths of those aboard Challenger and 
> Columbia. had they heeded the advice of their engineers those deaths and 
> the resultant delays in the US space program would have been avoided.
> 
Not forgetting the political pressure that caused the boosters to be 
built in 7 segments that had to be bolted together and sealed with O rings

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