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What caused the space shuttle Challenger disaster?
Manage episode 493765456 series 3075
Author Adam Higginbotham joins John Williams to discuss his book, ‘Challenger:
A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space.’ Adam talks about what makes him interested in these types of stories, the intersection of human beings and technology, what drew him to the Challenger disaster, the reminder that space travel is extraordinarily hazardous, the difficulty assembling the shuttle, the many obstacles that the team had to overcome, the astonishing achievement of science that this was, and the mistakes that ultimately led to the shuttle’s demise.
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John Williams
94 episodes
Manage episode 493765456 series 3075
Author Adam Higginbotham joins John Williams to discuss his book, ‘Challenger:
A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space.’ Adam talks about what makes him interested in these types of stories, the intersection of human beings and technology, what drew him to the Challenger disaster, the reminder that space travel is extraordinarily hazardous, the difficulty assembling the shuttle, the many obstacles that the team had to overcome, the astonishing achievement of science that this was, and the mistakes that ultimately led to the shuttle’s demise.
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John Williams
94 episodes
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