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It's also worth noting how the o-ring story was made public. There is the famous testimony by Richard Feynman[0], but the secret was that astronaut/commissione
by breput 2y ago
It's also worth noting how the o-ring story was made public. There is the famous testimony by Richard Feynman[0], but the secret was that astronaut/commissioner Sally Ride leaked the story to another commissioner, who then suggested it to Feynman over dinner[1].
Neither Ride nor Kutyna could risk exposing the information themselves, but no would could question or impeach Feynman.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raMmRKGkGD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raMmRKGkGD4
[1] https://lithub.com/how-legendary-physicist-richard-feynman-helped-crack-the-case-on-the-challenger-disaster/ https://lithub.com/how-legendary-physicist-richard-feynman-h...
- tim333 2y agoThat's interesting. I didn't know that bit of the story. I reminds me a bit of Jeffrey Sachs, who chaired the Lancet covid enquiry saying he was told the insert a furin cleavage site experimentation was already done before a grant application was put in to do that. Also presumably based on some source who didn't want to be exposed.