Decision process to launch Challenger

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Excellent, detailed account of the tragic decision to launch from the guy who refused to sign off on the launch, Allan McDonald, Thiokol's Director of their SRB program:

https://youtu.be/2FehGJQlOf0?t=10m33s (the decision process to launch)

https://youtu.be/2FehGJQlOf0?t=32m01s (failure analysis and exposing the truth)

https://youtu.be/2FehGJQlOf0?t=43m40s (his contested demotion)

Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
by Allan McDonald

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0813041937/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
 
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