Prescription for Disaster: From the Glory of Apollo to the Betrayal of the Shuttle (Reply #11)

In the discussion thread: 27 years ago today .... The Challenger Explosion .... thanx to St. Ronald Reagan [View all]

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 01:55 PM

Octafish (55,745 posts)

11. Prescription for Disaster: From the Glory of Apollo to the Betrayal of the Shuttle

Joseph Trento explains the back story -- Nixon the hater of all things JFK also played a major part in the disaster by authorizing NASA with only sufficient funds to build a Shuttle that used solid-rocket motors. The original plans were for the shuttle to have a liquid-fueled and manned booster that could be flown to a soft landing after helping get the orbiter off the ground. In addition to being safer for the crews, the manned booster would not leave a toxic trail of rocket propellant that courses through our veins.

Thank you for reminding us of this tragic and avoidable anniversary, Botany.

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87 replies	Author	Time	Post
27 years ago today .... The Challenger Explosion .... thanx to St. Ronald Reagan [View all]	Botany	Jan 2013	OP
KICK	patrice	Jan 2013	#1
This is actually true. I had a long conversation with my old boss' cousin who has been	winterpark	Jan 2013	#2
Phone logs showed call after call from the White House .....	Botany	Jan 2013	#5
Read post #38 below about part not so true.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#39
R&K. BTW, it's Feynman, not Fineman. nt	longship	Jan 2013	#3
thanx!	Botany	Jan 2013	#6
Howard Fineman is the ex-Newsweek current editorial director of the Huffington Post Media Group	Dollface	Jan 2013	#37
Look I got the "Fineman" part right .....	Botany	Jan 2013	#53
It's Richard Feynman. Please edit your OP.	yardwork	Jan 2013	#58
Suppose I posted about "Brock Osama"	caraher	Jan 2013	#67
The man has been dead for 25 years so I doubt he is being insulted .....	Botany	Jan 2013	#69
JUST FIX IT and shut UP about it, FGS.	WinkyDink	Feb 2013	#80
sorry ......	Botany	Feb 2013	#83
Richard Feynman	sofa king	Jan 2013	#10
Then it's <b>Richard</b> Feynman	adieu	Jan 2013	#30
No, he's the HuffPo political analyst who also does MSNBC....	lastlib	Jan 2013	#35
Yeesh, that makes me feel old!	Phentex	Jan 2013	#4
I was in second grade watching on the classroom television they wheeled in for the event.	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2013	#16
I was in 3rd grade.	a la izquierda	Jan 2013	#26
I was in 4th. I totally remember the entire thing like it was yesterday.	Jennicut	Jan 2013	#51
I was in 3rd grade, too	Blue_Tires	Jan 2013	#63
Yup	geomon666	Jan 2013	#27
Yep, my sister and I were home sick.	glowing	Jan 2013	#42
Pre-launch pics of the pad...	Ikonoklast	Jan 2013	#7
Seconds From Disaster S3E18 - Space Shuttle Explosion - Challenger disaster	Ian Iam	Jan 2013	#8
Thank you n/t	Lebam in LA	Jan 2013	#13
Well worth watching. I doubt we will ever get the truth of the matter.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#65
"The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party.....	LongTomH	Feb 2013	#73
That is rather odd	Ian Iam	Feb 2013	#75
Yes, it does!	LongTomH	Feb 2013	#79
and he still managed to get political mileage out of it.	WI_DEM	Jan 2013	#9
Reagan was all about the imagine and reality didn't much matter	Botany	Jan 2013	#12
The Air and Space Museum put up a memorial soon afterwards	R Merm	Jan 2013	#32
Prescription for Disaster: From the Glory of Apollo to the Betrayal of the Shuttle	Octafish	Jan 2013	#11
I think the hobbled Shuttle program was a bipartisan exercise	caraher	Jan 2013	#17
Thank you for the interesting link!	zappaman	Jan 2013	#19
There were many scientists who were also opposed	adieu	Jan 2013	#34
Still an issue	Chathamization	Jan 2013	#46
The military also added to the clusterfuck.	backscatter712	Jan 2013	#24
Absolutely	caraher	Jan 2013	#68
"The Utah Connection"	LongTomH	Feb 2013	#84
Where was Nancy's astrologer that day? n/t	Grantuspeace	Jan 2013	#14
I remember watching that live	Capt. Obvious	Jan 2013	#15
I still remember precisely where I was and what I was doing when I learned of the	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#18
Me too. eom	City Lights	Jan 2013	#20
I was getting on the bus home from HS when I heard	Marrah_G	Jan 2013	#56
I didn't have to work that day. Was blow drying my hair after a shower and listening to	kestrel91316	Jan 2013	#61
I saw it as it happened from about 100 miles away.	lpbk2713	Jan 2013	#21
We can't blame every national tragedy on Republicans.	SpankMe	Jan 2013	#22
I'll grant you that	adieu	Jan 2013	#36
This isn't "everything". It is one thing.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#44
+1	Blue_Tires	Jan 2013	#64
You read what you are allowed to read.	WinkyDink	Feb 2013	#81
I was in high school and heard it on the radio	kudzu22	Jan 2013	#23
I remember that moment and can't believe it's been 27 yrs	LittleGirl	Jan 2013	#25
Republican choices put the crew in that spot that day	GatorOrange	Jan 2013	#28
The one major event in US history that I witnessed in person (i.e. live and not on TV)	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2013	#29
I always remember that day	Xipe Totec	Jan 2013	#31
I remember hearing about this on the way to the bank that morning	BumRushDaShow	Jan 2013	#33
Both WRONG and COVER-UP story too.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#38
There was an attempt to murder you because of a story you were reporting?	yardwork	Jan 2013	#59
I did not get to interview my three assailants. They escaped. I was saved by locals.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#62
Freaking Republicans and their vile anti-American criminal activities	Berlum	Feb 2013	#77
Arms for millions in secret slush funds for criminal activities!	Coyotl	Feb 2013	#78
I never knew that about this disaster.	gtar100	Jan 2013	#40
Feynman wrote in "What do you care what other people think"	lebkuchen	Jan 2013	#41
I remember this very clearly. My folks lived in Philly at the time & my DH & I were flying back	catbyte	Jan 2013	#43
What is the evidence to support the claim that it was pushed for the SOU?	lebkuchen	Jan 2013	#45
Have you read this?	catbyte	Jan 2013	#66
No, and thanks	lebkuchen	Feb 2013	#72
I was at the launch	FunkyLeprechaun	Jan 2013	#47
I remember the night before how big and red the moon was.	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2013	#52
I remember as if it were yesterday	malaise	Jan 2013	#48
I was going to watch the launch at home and get to work a little late.	rocktivity	Jan 2013	#49
I remember that. I was living in	applegrove	Jan 2013	#50
I remember it, but don't blame Reagan	quinnox	Jan 2013	#54
I blame Reagan	warrprayer	Jan 2013	#55
Krista McAuliffe's children are now in their 30s. They probably barely remember her.	kestrel91316	Jan 2013	#57
It's this kind of unnecessary nastiness that loses elections...	reformist2	Jan 2013	#60
The TRUTH is brutal and necessary.	Zoeisright	Jan 2013	#71
And which elections would those be, Mr. Romney?	WinkyDink	Feb 2013	#82
That was on my birthday.	Zoeisright	Jan 2013	#70
So much blood is on that bastards hands and name	libtodeath	Feb 2013	#74
Republican "Family Values" (exploitation) screw America	Berlum	Feb 2013	#76
Do you have sources to prove that's what made Challenger blow up?	Gentle-man	Feb 2013	#85
It is common sense.	hrmjustin	Feb 2013	#86
see post # 12 ..... Ronnie got away w/a lot of shit.	Botany	Feb 2013	#87

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