73 Seconds to Heaven: The Challenger Disaster

How disregarding the suggestion of engineers led to the biggest launch-related incident of the space industry

U.S. space shuttle Challenger after its explosive destruction, 28 January 1986. Courtesy of NASA

In my opinion humanity’s ability to put a man on the moon is perhaps one of the most impressive accomplishments we have ever performed. Breaking the final frontier and putting a man in space, then on the…