| Overview |
Unlike most structural catastrophes, the 1986 Challenger disaster
occurred on live TV. Before long, the entire viewing audience became
familiar with the infamous O-rings. Explore behind the scenes to learn
about the personalities, conversations, and conflicting goals that led
to this catastrophic result. It will become clear that this
disaster—which killed seven people and threw the entire US space program
into crisis—was as much a failure of organizational decision-making as
it was an engineering failure. |