What they didn't want you to know
"We all watched in shock and disbelief when "Challenger "was
lost. Probably no one felt more disappointment and regret than
Allan McDonald, who had warned us not to launch that day. His story
tells of loss, grief, and the eventual rebuilding and
recovery."--Robert "Hoot" Gibson, former Space Shuttle pilot and
commander
"A major contribution to a difficult episode in the history of
human spaceflight."--Roger D. Launius, Division of Space History,
Smithsonian Institution
"McDonald tells the heartbreaking tale of how he saw his words
of warning ignored, and the fateful consequences of that
decision."--Donald C. Elder III, Eastern New Mexico University
On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space
Shuttle "Challenger," despite warnings against doing so by many
individuals, including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of
"Challenger" on live television moments after launch remains an
indelible image in the nation's collective memory.
In "Truth, Lies, and O-Rings," McDonald, a skilled engineer and
executive, relives the tragedy from where he stood at Launch
Control Center. As he fought to draw attention to the real reasons
behind the disaster, he was the only one targeted for retribution
by both NASA and his employer, Morton Thiokol, Inc., makers of the
shuttle's solid rocket boosters. In this whistle-blowing yet
rigorous and fair-minded book, McDonald, with the assistance of
internationally distinguished aerospace historian James R. Hansen,
addresses "all" of the factors that led to the accident, some of
which were never included in NASA's Failure Team report submitted
to the Presidential Commission.
"Truth, Lies, and O-Rings" is the first look at the "Challenger"
tragedy and its aftermath from someone who was on the inside,
recognized the potential disaster, and tried to prevent it. It also
addresses the early warnings of very severe debris issues from the
first two post-"Challenger" flights, which ultimately resulted in
the loss of "Columbia" some fifteen years later.
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