In Time Of Disaster, This Man Acted.....Expeditiously!

[ABM]

Obama should take heed... (Granted, NASA is far from being a private enterprise However, I think a LOT more could be done from the White House..)

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/challenger-space-tragedy.html

As the nation reeled under the shock of the Challenger explosion, US President Ronald Reagan appointed a commission to investigate the causes of the disaster. This commission was presided over by William Rogers, former Secretary of State, and included some very distinguished members - Neil Armstrong, Chuck Yeager, David Acheson, Joseph Sutter, Arthur Walker, Sally Ride, Robert Hotz, Robert Rummel, Albert Wheelon, Alton Keel, Donald Kutnya, Eugene Covert, and the physicist Richard Feynman.

The latter, in particular, played an important role in proving the incredible lack of effective communication and scientific understanding between the NASA officials and the NASA space engineers, and also the sheer inadequacy of the O-ring seals that were used in the Challenger Space Shuttle............................

 

[maxiep]

I still remember Feynman dipping an O-ring in a glass of ice water and pinching it to demonstrate how they didn't function at cold temperatures.

 

[Eastoff]

Feynman has to be one of the coolest Physicists ever.