In my off week, I'm popping into the Patreon feed to talk about the 1986 Challenger disaster, when the Challenger space shuttle burst into flames and blew apart, killing all 7 passengers onboard, while millions of people, including many children, watched live. What actually happened that cold January morning 40 years ago? And more importantly... why were the rocket engineer's dire warnings ignored? Let's fix that. 

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Sources: 

• NPR “40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned”
• History.com “5 Facts You May Not Know About the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster”
• NASA “The Crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L Mission”

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