{"product_id":"truth-lies-and-orings-inside-the-space-shuttle-challenger-disaster","title":"Truth  Lies  and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat they didnt 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 nations 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 shuttles 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 NASAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44987022311477,"sku":"ByrdShop_0813033268","price":46.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813033266.jpg?v=1770923053","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/truth-lies-and-orings-inside-the-space-shuttle-challenger-disaster","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}