How did a rubber gasket the size of a dinner plate, stiffened overnight in a Florida cold snap, rewrite the way NASA engineers are allowed to disagree with management? Saving Tips August 18, 2026 The gasket was a solid rocket booster O-ring, the cold snap hit Kennedy Space Center on 28 January 1986, and…
How did a cracked rubber O-ring the size of a coin, stiffened by a Florida cold snap in January 1986, destroy a space shuttle 73 seconds after launch? Saving Tips August 16, 2026 The Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its tenth flight, at an altitude of about 14,000 metres, killing…
