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Ok, cool, but what the hell happened? They had a guy in charge of signing-off the launch, he didn't sign off because of 3 problems he identified, and they still

by d--b 2y ago

Ok, cool, but what the hell happened? They had a guy in charge of signing-off the launch, he didn't sign off because of 3 problems he identified, and they still launched. wtf?

ohmyiv 2y ago
From the article: (During the hearing) > The NASA official simply said that Thiokol had some concerns but approved the launch. He neglected to say that the approval came only after Thiokol executives, under intense pressure from NASA officials, overruled the engineers.
coldcode 2y ago
The engineers were overruled by the executives because NASA was pissed at the company for messing up their plans.
lancesells 2y ago
This sounds like an issue that's still around.
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