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In reply to the discussion: Roger Boisjoly dies at 73; engineer tried to halt Challenger launch [View all]Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)44. Blessed be the truth-tellers...
for they shall be vindicated.
Be they pilloried, punished or prosecuted, in the cosmic scheme of things, they will ultimately be rewarded for defending Dharma.
Well done, Mr. Boisjoly. You did your duty while others shirked theirs.
SG
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Roger Boisjoly dies at 73; engineer tried to halt Challenger launch [View all]
Lionel Mandrake
Feb 2012
OP
NASA did a horrible, horrible thing, when they refused to listen to him.
CaliforniaPeggy
Feb 2012
#1
Here's what I could find online. I remember the discussion well in 1986 when it happened. Conceded
no_hypocrisy
Feb 2012
#21
This was not an "engineering miscalculation". This error was a management error. The engineering
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#2
That's a natural corporate media, authoritarian bias coming through in the column.
Uncle Joe
Feb 2012
#15
I was generalizing. A problem I see is that when you have engineers as managers
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#36
RIP - You DID what you COULD, the shuttle astronauts will tell you that soon,,,,,
benld74
Feb 2012
#3
Does anyone know who was the on-site asshole that made the final decision to go for launch?
denbot
Feb 2012
#9
IIRc, CNN had cut awayt to commercial. I had CNN on but didn't see it live.
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2012
#58
Wow! Read this obit in the LA Times this a.m. & had never heard his story b4-Shocking!!!!!!
SoCalDemGrrl
Feb 2012
#41
NASA Was Trying to Go from R&D to Operational Status and Pushed by Reagan to do so
solarman350
Feb 2012
#45
''...as the vehicle cleared the tower Bob whispered to me that we had just dodged a bullet.''
Gabi Hayes
Feb 2012
#55
IIRC, the plan was to have Reagan talk to the astronauts LIVE from the SOTU, not just mentioning it,
GreatCaesarsGhost
Feb 2012
#56