Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 15:17:12 +0000 From: john larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Challenger Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 08:17:12 -0700 Message-ID: <9dhb6j5fbjjin8gp4quf31nqaop0grjni2@4ax.com> References: <5a5a6jtfh1je18lr297jrh10oihptl2tgo@4ax.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 32 X-Trace: sv3-YZLqS5/a5L9GVN4oSEMnUztm17BFxPAAOv8mKAfJHM71hgubC6UFrskWQ737X6ItJtP03tW3vApuKd9!VKYFdl8c016k+eKl6cRAl0mTcEZeSWjDFrW2S/pxD5CQ1n4N1/hPGtjk2icjGqQTwtxK6S7XMkfE!MHyfnw== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2019 On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 13:28:58 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs wrote: >john larkin wrote: >> https://www.amazon.com/Challenger-Story-Heroism-Disaster-Space/dp/198217661X >> >> This is a very well researched and written book, and a sad, ghastly >> story. >> >> It reminds me that humans have no purpose in space but to die. >> >> >> > >Of course most folks here don’t really think that we have any purpose here >either. > >Cheers > >Phil Hobbs Whatever our purpose, killing astronauts probably doesn't help. Spending hundreds of billions on spam-in-a-can is a waste of resources that could truly help. The book is fascinating. The fatheads that decided to launch cared about power, money, and politics. The investigations after the disaster, the same. A few very brave engineers runined their careers to literally shout the truth. And Richard Feynman, who knew he was dying of cancer.