Mini Fix #30 Preview: The Challenger Disaster

About this episode

Shea LaFountaine discusses the 1986 Challenger disaster and the ignored warnings from rocket engineers.

In my off week, I'm popping into the Patreon feed to talk about the 1986 Challenger disaster, when the Challenger space shuttle burst into flames and blew apart, killing all 7 passengers onboard, while millions of people, including many children, watched live. What actually happened that cold January morning 40 years ago? And more importantly... why were the rocket engineer's dire warnings ignored? Let's fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)B...

People in this episode

Host: Shea LaFountaine

Topics covered

• Challenger disaster
• space shuttle
• engineering failures
• NASA
• tragedy
• live broadcast
• safety warnings

Keywords

• Challenger disaster
• space shuttle
• NASA
• engineering
• tragedy
• safety
• live broadcast
• 1986

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