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"In the crisp, cold morning of January 28, 1986, the nation watched as the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven astronauts on board. It was an event that shattered American confidence, wrote a tragic chapter in the space program's history, and raised serious questions about NASA's culture and decision-making processes. ""CHALLENGER: The Untold Story Of The Challenger Disaster"" is a riveting, comprehensive account that explores this catastrophic event from every angle. Through scrupulous research, interviews with key figures, and regulatory inquiry records, the author reconstruct the Challenger story from its inception to its horrendous conclusion. This book exposes the political and budgetary constraints, flawed decision-making, and technical issues involving the shuttle's solid rocket boosters that led to the tragedy. It reveals how the drive to maintain an ambitious launch schedule combined with misleading data analysis to override safety concerns about the O-rings that ultimately failed so catastrophically. With understandable scientific explanations and dramatic reconstructions of crucial meetings and events, this book takes you behind the scenes at NASA, introducing you to the players embroiled in high-level debates, poor management calls, and lack of communication that culminated in disaster. What emerges is a complex story of pride, overconfidence, and circumstances bound toward catastrophe. A powerful and unsparing exploration of one of the most significant technological failures of the modern age, ""CHALLENGER"" provides a breathtaking and chilling narrative of how bad decisions can ultimately lead to incalculable loss of life."

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