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As we remember, so shall Hollywood
Each year I try to mark the anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
This year we have a preview for an unsubtly named movie - https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/the-challenger-disaster/ - that appears to center on the Thiokol engineers and NASA personnel who made the decision to launch the fatal flight. There's a clear line about "testifying before a Presidential Commission" and a lot of noise about "coverup". I'm not sure that's the right word, but I'll most likely see the movie.
This year we have a preview for an unsubtly named movie - https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/the-challenger-disaster/ - that appears to center on the Thiokol engineers and NASA personnel who made the decision to launch the fatal flight. There's a clear line about "testifying before a Presidential Commission" and a lot of noise about "coverup". I'm not sure that's the right word, but I'll most likely see the movie.
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While walking along, not looking down and not saying a thing, Ride slipped him a NASA document on O-ring rigidity vs temperature. He kept this fact a secret until after she died, and then told the story as part of the Popular Mechanics oral history article. He talked to Feynman about O-rings, and that led to his excellent icewater demo.
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