On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. The disaster was witnessed by millions on live television, including…
Al McDonald — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
Al McDonald has appeared on 3 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including American Scandal. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What Al said
“The boosters failed before the shuttle even left the pad. Those poor souls. They never had a chance.”
— Al McDonald, upon seeing the high-resolution film evidence
“If even one set of them were to fail during launch, the entire shuttle could explode.”
— Al McDonald, on the O-ring risk.
“I do not want to be the one who has to answer for it.”
— Al McDonald, refusing to sign the launch recommendation.
Episode appearances
3
On the night of January 27, 1986, Al McDonald, the director of Morton Thiokol's Space Shuttle Rocket Program, sat alone at a colleague's kitchen table in Titusville, Florida, holding his head in…
In November 1982, NASA project manager Larry Molloy visited the Utah headquarters of Morton Thiokol, the company building the solid rocket boosters for the space shuttle program. Molloy had read a…
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