Truth, Lies, and O-Rings · Inside the Space Shuttle <i>Challenger</i> Disaster by McDonald, Allan J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents Foreword: The Place of the McDonald Memoir in Challenger History Preface Prologue Part I. Red Flags

1. When It Rains It Pours 2. Tests and “No Tests” 3. Dire Warning 4. A Total O-Ring Failure 5. An Impotent Task Force 6. “In the Interest of Avoiding Pain”

Part II. Misdiagnosis

7. The Teleconference 8. The Caucus 9. “Obviously, a Major Malfunction” 10. “Don't Blame Yourself” 11. “When is the Space Shuttle Going up, Daddy?”

Part III. Search for the Truth

12. Shocking the Presidential Commission 13. Cover-Up 14. “God, That Took a Lot of Guts” 15. A Leper in the Limelight 16. Walking Out 17. “The Extremes of Allowable Engineering” 18. Changing Hats and Minds

Part IV. Obfuscation

19. Rationalization and Innuendo 20. 31 Degrees? 21. Houston, You Have a Problem 22. Finger Pointing 23. The Apocalypse Letter 24. “Trouble with Your Logic” 25. The Monkey Changes Backs

Part V. Commissioners and Congressmen

26. The Green Ball Theory 27. Commencement 28. Commodore Locke Assailed in Washington 29. The Buck Stops Here?

Part VI. No Consensus

30. The Bell Tolls for Thee 31. Redesign and Resurrection 32. Boisjoly's $2 Billion Lawsuit 33. No Mountain Too High 34. The Peacekeeper Explosion 35. Witness for the Defense…and Prosecution 36. Confirming the Silver Bullet

Part VII. Return-to-Flight

37. Flight of the Phoenix 38. Premonitions 39. Dissolution 40. Requiem

Acknowledgments Big Sky Values: A Biography of Allan J. McDonald List of Abbreviations Bibliographical Essay Further Reading Index About the Author