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Path: ...!feed.opticnetworks.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Challenger Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 17:05:06 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 46 Message-ID: <v44nc2$3lb7s$1@dont-email.me> References: <5a5a6jtfh1je18lr297jrh10oihptl2tgo@4ax.com> <v44amq$3hbjc$1@dont-email.me> <9dhb6j5fbjjin8gp4quf31nqaop0grjni2@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 19:05:07 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="07898ba2b05eeafb4d69af20d9ecedff"; logging-data="3845372"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+PA1H3bACO/laQGPUFhF4Q" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:l68WJhuwcmhe7b89yCbt36vrYUM= sha1:NDaVHBrjBzPioBRaIAkvI3ZFaJ0= Bytes: 2507 john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 13:28:58 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs > <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote: > >> john larkin <jl@650pot.com> 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 dont 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. > > Sounds like an expanded rehash of the presidential commission report. For the other side of the story, I highly recommend Diane Vaughan’s “The Challenger Launch Decision”. Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics