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In reply to the discussion: 27 years ago today .... The Challenger Explosion .... thanx to St. Ronald Reagan [View all]SpankMe
(2,955 posts)22. We can't blame every national tragedy on Republicans.
This only makes us look like the same Republican crackpots who blame everything on Obama.
If you read details about what was going on with Boisjoly in Utah the few hours before the go-ahead was given by Thiokol, it becomes apparent that the chain of events that led to this tragedy are way, way more complex than just Reagan wanting to score pride points at his SOTU address that night.
I don't doubt there was some pressure and a few phone calls. But, the horrible decision-making processes at NASA and dickhead launch management was a far greater factor in this than the Whitehouse.
Dictatorial and politicized aerospace management styles and egotistical personalities caused this more than anything else.
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