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The Aftermath Rewind: The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

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The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On this week's Aftermath Rewind, Rebecca Delgado Smith talks with director of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project for the engineering contractor Morton Thiokol at the time of the Challenger disaster, Allan McDonald, and what he says might change the verdict.

Learn more about the Challenger Disaster by reading Allan Mcdonald's book, Truth, Lies and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster.


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