Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads | The Day the Challenger Fell From the Sky
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🗓️ 15 March 2025
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David Plotz talks with author Adam Higginbotham about his new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. They discuss the feats of engineering that took place, the political cynicism and cost-cutting that played a role in the tragedy, the heroism and tragic loss of the people on board the shuttle, and more.
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| 1:14.8 | For anyone over the age of about 45, the Challenger disaster is a stop time moment. |
| 1:21.9 | You know exactly where you were when you heard about it. |
| 1:24.7 | I was in 10th grade chemistry class. |
| 1:28.9 | And you saw the world, maybe even the whole universe differently afterwards than you did before the disaster. |
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