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Ok, cool, but what the hell happened? They had a guy in charge of signing-off the launch, he didn't sign off because of 3 problems he identified, and they still launched. wtf?


The engineers were overruled by the executives because NASA was pissed at the company for messing up their plans.


From the article: (During the hearing)

> The NASA official simply said that Thiokol had some concerns but approved the launch. He neglected to say that the approval came only after Thiokol executives, under intense pressure from NASA officials, overruled the engineers.


This sounds like an issue that's still around.




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