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    From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Tue Feb 3 13:52:59 2026

    Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been
    stopped 40 years ago - ABC News

    https://share.google/UGbAuW0o2uiGs9rwg

    Interesting read about NASA's shuttle disasters, and how management's pig-headedness resulted in the deaths of those aboard Challenger and
    Columbia. had they heeded the advice of their engineers those deaths and
    the resultant delays in the US space program would have been avoided.

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  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Tue Feb 3 16:01:00 2026
    On 3/02/2026 12:52 pm, Axel wrote:

    Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been
    stopped 40 years ago - ABC News

    https://share.google/UGbAuW0o2uiGs9rwg

    Interesting read about NASA's shuttle disasters, and how management's pig-headedness resulted in the deaths of those aboard Challenger and Columbia. had they heeded the advice of their engineers those deaths and
    the resultant delays in the US space program would have been avoided.

    Not forgetting the political pressure that caused the boosters to be
    built in 7 segments that had to be bolted together and sealed with O rings

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tue Feb 3 16:25:30 2026
    In aus.tv Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    https://share.google/UGbAuW0o2uiGs9rwg

    Interesting read about NASA's shuttle disasters, and how management's pig-headedness resulted in the deaths of those aboard Challenger and Columbia. had they heeded the advice of their engineers those deaths and
    the resultant delays in the US space program would have been avoided.

    SBS was showing lots of space documentaries last month and one
    covered that in detail. Maybe still on their streaming website,
    if you use that. I found the episodes about accidents on Mir and
    the ISS most interesting since they don't seem to get covered as
    often.

    On the other side of the space race, Red Star in Orbit is a
    facinating old BBC series about the Soviet space programme:

    https://archive.org/download/bbchorizon3102whispersofcreation14nov1994/BBC%20Horizon%2027-00a%20Red%20Star%20in%20Orbit%20Ep%201%20The%20Invisible%20Spaceman%20%287%20Dec%201990%29.mp4
    https://archive.org/download/bbchorizon3102whispersofcreation14nov1994/BBC%20Horizon%2027-00b%20Red%20Star%20in%20Orbit%20Ep%202%20The%20Dark%20Side%20of%20the%20Moon%20%2814%20Dec%201990%29.mp4
    https://archive.org/download/bbchorizon3102whispersofcreation14nov1994/BBC%20Horizon%2027-00c%20Red%20Star%20in%20Orbit%20Ep%203%20The%20Mission%20%2821%20Dec%201990%29.mp4

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  • From Ozix@3:633/10 to All on Tue Feb 3 18:31:02 2026
    keithr0 wrote:
    On 3/02/2026 12:52 pm, Axel wrote:

    Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been
    stopped 40 years ago - ABC News

    https://share.google/UGbAuW0o2uiGs9rwg

    Interesting read about NASA's shuttle disasters, and how management's
    pig-headedness resulted in the deaths of those aboard Challenger and
    Columbia. had they heeded the advice of their engineers those deaths
    and the resultant delays in the US space program would have been avoided.

    Not forgetting the political pressure that caused the boosters to be
    built in 7 segments that had to be bolted together and sealed with O rings

    I remeber being out in a desert mining camp when Chernobyl happened 3
    months later, and some wag responded to the news saying "It was the O
    rings!"

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