Re: Challenger

On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 16:31:58 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
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On Sun, 09 Jun 2024 08:17:12 -0700, john larkin wrote:
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On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 13:28:58 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
 

john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

https://www.amazon.com/Challenger-Story-Heroism-Disaster-Space/dp/

198217661X

 
This is a very well researched and written book, and a sad, ghastly
story.
 
It reminds me that humans have no purpose in space but to die.
 
 
 
 

Of course most folks here don?t really think that we have any purpose
here either.
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Cheers
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Phil Hobbs

 
Whatever our purpose, killing astronauts probably doesn't help.
 
Spending hundreds of billions on spam-in-a-can is a waste of resources
that could truly help.
 
The book is fascinating. The fatheads that decided to launch cared about
power, money, and politics. The investigations after the disaster, the
same. A few very brave engineers runined their careers to literally
shout the truth. And Richard Feynman, who knew he was dying of cancer.

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What did the venerable Feynman have to do with this?

It's in the book.

O-rings and ice water.