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- [somber music continues]
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- Subtitles by explosiveskull
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- [Adam exhales sharply]
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- I am an O-ring expert.
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- I worked on the
- Solid Rocket Boosters
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- for the Space Shuttle
- Challenger.
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- So you work for NASA?
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- No.
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- I worked for the company
- in Utah
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- that was contracted
- to build rockets for NASA.
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- You work there now?
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- No.
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- And your responsibilities
- were...
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- what?
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- I was appointed to the
- Special Seals Integrity Unit.
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- And I would make inspections
- for the recovered rockets
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- and the rockets
- that were ready for launch.
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- And on the night in question
- during the telecon,
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- I made my findings clear.
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- Just a moment, please.
- We will get to that later.
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- During the presidential
- commission,
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- my colleagues and I
- expressed our concern.
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- We will get to that later.
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- I'm here to bring
- a billion-dollar civil suit
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- against my company,
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- so what do you want to know
- right now?
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- I'm here to determine
- if you are a victim,
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- or if you are the cause
- of the problem
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- before we take your case.
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- I'm not the problem.
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- You were responsible
- for the O-rings, correct?
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- Yes.
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- Did anyone work for you
- or with you?
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- What does that matter?
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- Because what you are proposing
- we do with your case
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- won't be like the Presidential
- Commission hearings.
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- In the Court of Public Opinion,
- perception matters.
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- 00:03:59,805 --> 00:04:03,572
- Now, was anyone working for you
- or with you?
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- I didn't have any employees
- working for me, so what?
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- I'm responsible?
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- Didn't take you long
- to us get there, did it?
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- I'm here to protect you.
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- Protect us from what?
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- Well, I heard
- about what you did,
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- which was a great thing.
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- You saw something
- that concerned you
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- and you spoke up about it.
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- I'm the one
- that tried to stop it.
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- The future of the space program
- was in our hands.
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- And seven lives.
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- And seven lives.
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- There are gonna be a lot
- of accusations,
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- a lot of questions,
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- but this is our chance, that...
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- I mean, our story,
- as a team, is heard.
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- Did you know that
- the Space Shuttle Challenger
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- was set to launch
- the day before?
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- And had it launched,
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- everything would have been
- perfectly fine.
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- If not for a jammed up
- door handle
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- on the outer hull of the hatch.
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- [suspenseful music]
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- [suspenseful music continues]
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- [beeping]
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- [man #1] Yes, sir.
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- No, sir.
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- Yes, sir, we're working on it.
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- Yes, sir.
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- There were a lot of factors
- that contributed to this.
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- In 1986, the space program
- was attempting to launch
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- 24 shuttles a year.
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- [man #2] We're really
- gonna work on a spaceship
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- with a hacksaw?
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- [man #3]
- Should we get the drill?
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- [man #2] I don't know.
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- They weren't even getting close.
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- The most we got was ten.
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- I think they should send Mike
- up with the drill.
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- You guys sending Mike up?
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- It was embarrassing.
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- And only added pressure on us
- to launch.
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- - What'd they say?
- - Mike's coming up.
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- I'll do it.
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- [foreboding music]
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- [drill whirring]
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- [man #2] Got it.
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- Yes, sir. We got it.
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- Okay.
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- Okay.
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- Okay. Well, I'll let them know,
- but I think...
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- Yes, sir, I'll let them know.
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- What's going on?
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- They're pushing launch
- to tomorrow.
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- Put it back on.
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- Okay.
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- [drill whirring]
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- - Five minutes to finish.
- - [Charis] Okay.
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- [Mary] Emma!
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- Five minutes to get ready.
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- Dad makes the rockets?
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- No, dummy, he seals them.
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- - Don't say "dummy."
- - [Charis] Stop!
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- Stop. Mom!
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- - Stop it.
- - [Emma] I'm trying to show her.
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- - Stop! Stop!
- - The rocket is broken up
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- into pieces and he makes sure
- they are sealed
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- - when they go back together.
- - Stop that. Come here.
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- [Emma] I was trying to show her.
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- Name-calling and bullying
- accomplishes nothing.
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- But Dad says being right
- is what matters.
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- Dad, tell her
- you make the rockets.
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- [Adam] I seal the rockets.
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- [Emma] See?
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- And that's part
- of making the rockets.
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- - [Charis] See?
- - Come on, let's go.
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- We're gonna be late.
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- [Adam] Let's go, let's go.
- Five, four, three, two...
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- Don't forget your lunch.
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- ...one.
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- Emma, hey.
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- - Dad?
- - Yep?
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- Is the shuttle launching today?
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- Nope. You're good.
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- [Mary] Wait. Why not?
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- Those idiots
- can't get anything right.
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- Don't say "idiots."
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- And just remember how
- you're right is important, too.
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- There's only one way
- to be right.
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- [Charis] Dad?
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- [Adam] Yeah?
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- Does everybody work
- at the company you work for?
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- [Adam] Mostly.
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- How many?
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- I don't know.
- Thousands of those doo-dahs.
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- Dad?
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- [Adam] Yes?
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- Is Mom right or are you right?
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- [Adam] Now that's
- the right question to be asking.
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- Don't you ever forget that.
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- In our family,
- we do what's right, okay?
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- - What does that mean?
- - [Charis] What does that mean?
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- That means your mom
- is probably right.
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- But we'll see.
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- [reporter] Many of you
- in the news media have asked
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- to have an opportunity to,
- uh, to hear a little a bit more
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- about the events
- that occurred, uh, this morning.
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- [man #1]
- Okay, thank you. You know what?
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- Of course,
- it was just not our day.
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- Removed in the...
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- the ground support
- assist handle.
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- And that handle
- could not be removed
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- because a threaded fastener
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- apparently was stripped.
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- And we had a little bit
- of problem with the...
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- the frost and the ice
- on the external tank.
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- And then the wind picks up.
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- Uh, we we're really getting
- in the condition of no go
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- from the standpoint
- of RTLS crosswind.
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- [man #2] Today also, we used
- a hacksaw on the, uh, vault.
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- [man #1] Well, if the, uh,
- they did use a hacksaw
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- to... to cut away the...
- the cylinder
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- on this...
- this particular handle.
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- [reporter] What...
- At what point would you say,
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- tomorrow the temperature's
- have caused, uh, a scrub in...
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- [man #2]
- The outside temperature,
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- the absolute
- outside temperature,
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- we... we don't have...
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- No one seemed to care
- about the space program
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- until that stunt
- with that teacher.
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- Why do you call it a stunt?
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- It was unnecessary.
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- But, suddenly everyone's
- interested in space again.
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- [Adam] Everyone was glued
- to their TVs, which meant...
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- all eyes were on us.
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- [Carl] Adam. Adam!
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- When do you think
- they will reschedule the launch?
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- Not sure.
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- Why did they scrub the launch
- in the first place?
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- I don't know.
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- What about the...
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- [Adam] Just getting to work
- like you, okay?
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- I'm sure we'll find out.
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- [Carl] Okay. But, uh, they're
- expecting the temperatures
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- to be below freezing in Florida.
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- Freezing in Florida?
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- Okay.
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- [Finch] The Challenger launch
- was postponed three times
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- and scrubbed once
- from the planned date
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- of January 22, 1986.
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- Correct.
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- They have a way of twisting
- your words around
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- and using them against you.
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- Would the other launches
- have resulted in O-ring failures
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- had they taken place?
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- 00:11:35,578 --> 00:11:38,809
- You say one thing a little bit
- different a year from now...
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- you're on trial for perjury.
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- I guess the other launches
- would have been fine.
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- Do you do a lot of guessing
- in your line of work?
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- [reporter]
- Florida may be experiencing
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- record low temperatures,
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- but the heat is still on.
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- School children from around
- the nation have gathered
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- to watch their favorite teacher
- prepare to blast off into space.
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- 00:11:57,510 --> 00:11:59,708
- Sadly, there will be
- no launch today
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- 00:11:59,710 --> 00:12:03,841
- as NASA has yet again
- scrubbed another shuttle launch.
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- 00:12:03,843 --> 00:12:06,911
- This time, because
- of a jammed door handle.
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- Will NASA ever launch
- space shuttle Challenger?
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- I didn't find out until 1 p.m.
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- 00:12:12,808 --> 00:12:14,941
- that they planned to launch
- the next morning.
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- 00:12:14,943 --> 00:12:17,409
- What was your main concern
- that day?
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- Temperature was a concern.
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- 00:12:19,242 --> 00:12:20,775
- It was the concern.
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- 00:12:20,777 --> 00:12:23,242
- And at around five o'clock,
- we began to realize
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- we were in some serious trouble.
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- [Adam] Listen to me,
- I don't think you realize
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- how deadly important this is.
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- The shuttle is scheduled
- to launch in about 16 hours,
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- 00:12:32,377 --> 00:12:34,309
- so I need to know from you guys
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- what exactly is the temperature
- going to be?
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- - [weather man] In Florida?
- - Yes, in Florida!
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- 00:12:39,677 --> 00:12:42,476
- The rockets are in Florida.
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- [weather man]
- I'll check, uh, let me see...
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- Looks like 30 degrees.
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- 00:12:49,442 --> 00:12:51,209
- And you're sure
- that's Cape Canaveral,
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- 00:12:51,211 --> 00:12:53,143
- not Orlando, right?
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- 00:13:00,710 --> 00:13:03,874
- [Carl chattering indistinctly]
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- [Adam] Carl, get out.
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- 00:13:06,544 --> 00:13:08,773
- - Whoa!
- - It's 30 degrees right now.
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- - So?
- - In Florida.
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- - Are you sure?
- - [Adam] Of course, I'm sure.
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- 00:13:13,578 --> 00:13:15,807
- Why do you think
- I came storming in here?
- 233
- 00:13:15,809 --> 00:13:18,242
- You come storming in everywhere.
- 234
- 00:13:18,244 --> 00:13:19,745
- Is it going to get colder
- than 30 degrees?
- 235
- 00:13:19,747 --> 00:13:21,743
- What do you think?
- Does it get colder at night?
- 236
- 00:13:22,478 --> 00:13:23,543
- Fair point.
- 237
- 00:13:23,545 --> 00:13:24,610
- - Carl.
- - [Carl] Mm?
- 238
- 00:13:24,612 --> 00:13:25,707
- What do you think?
- 239
- 00:13:25,709 --> 00:13:27,842
- That sounds serious.
- I think we should tell someone.
- 240
- 00:13:27,844 --> 00:13:28,976
- Okay, we'll get the guys
- together,
- 241
- 00:13:28,978 --> 00:13:30,911
- and we'll, um, discuss it
- and then take it upstairs.
- 242
- 00:13:30,913 --> 00:13:33,176
- Will do.
- 243
- 00:13:33,178 --> 00:13:35,276
- Oh, um, where do you want
- us to meet?
- 244
- 00:13:35,278 --> 00:13:36,641
- [Bill] Bullpen.
- 245
- 00:13:36,643 --> 00:13:38,208
- [Carl] Okay.
- 246
- 00:13:38,210 --> 00:13:39,541
- Uh, where in the bullpen?
- 247
- 00:13:39,543 --> 00:13:41,645
- - Oh, boy.
- - Anywhere is fine, Carl.
- 248
- 00:13:41,647 --> 00:13:42,643
- On it.
- 249
- 00:13:44,479 --> 00:13:45,776
- [Adam] This guy.
- 250
- 00:13:45,778 --> 00:13:47,310
- You have to take it down
- a notch.
- 251
- 00:13:47,312 --> 00:13:48,308
- What?
- 252
- 00:13:48,310 --> 00:13:50,242
- That's why nobody
- listens to you, you know.
- 253
- 00:13:50,244 --> 00:13:51,475
- The storming in.
- 254
- 00:13:51,477 --> 00:13:53,344
- Kicking Carl out.
- 255
- 00:13:53,346 --> 00:13:54,542
- You know he agrees with you.
- 256
- 00:13:54,544 --> 00:13:56,108
- Oh, yeah, 'cause I'm right.
- 257
- 00:13:58,245 --> 00:13:59,342
- Okay.
- 258
- 00:14:00,343 --> 00:14:02,375
- What do you want to do about it?
- 259
- 00:14:02,377 --> 00:14:05,208
- Well, what have I been
- talking about?
- 260
- 00:14:05,210 --> 00:14:06,810
- - Okay. Okay.
- - For months?
- 261
- 00:14:06,812 --> 00:14:08,276
- Dial it down.
- 262
- 00:14:10,376 --> 00:14:11,841
- You are right.
- 263
- 00:14:13,178 --> 00:14:14,943
- Correct. We believe you.
- 264
- 00:14:14,945 --> 00:14:16,575
- [Bill]
- No one has ever been righter
- 265
- 00:14:16,577 --> 00:14:18,510
- in the history of being right!
- 266
- 00:14:18,512 --> 00:14:20,745
- So, what should we do?
- 267
- 00:14:20,747 --> 00:14:23,809
- Who do you want me to call?
- You want me to call Reagan?
- 268
- 00:14:23,811 --> 00:14:25,644
- How do we convince them
- that you are right?
- 269
- 00:14:25,646 --> 00:14:27,741
- Convince?
- This isn't a convincing thing.
- 270
- 00:14:27,743 --> 00:14:29,477
- You show them the numbers,
- and that's the number.
- 271
- 00:14:29,479 --> 00:14:32,844
- I know, but have the numbers
- meant anything so far?
- 272
- 00:14:34,479 --> 00:14:35,809
- No.
- 273
- 00:14:35,811 --> 00:14:38,407
- And you've been at this
- for about a year now?
- 274
- 00:14:38,409 --> 00:14:39,473
- And?
- 275
- 00:14:41,211 --> 00:14:46,443
- So, how do we discuss
- and convince?
- 276
- 00:14:46,445 --> 00:14:49,440
- Do you want to run
- into every office hysterically?
- 277
- 00:14:49,442 --> 00:14:50,874
- Screaming that the sky
- is falling?
- 278
- 00:14:50,876 --> 00:14:53,609
- Again, I don't understand
- what you're saying right now.
- 279
- 00:14:53,611 --> 00:14:55,707
- - These idiots...
- - All right. Hold on. All right!
- 280
- 00:14:55,709 --> 00:14:57,643
- Let's just talk to the guys
- and see what they say.
- 281
- 00:14:57,645 --> 00:14:59,442
- - [Carl] That good?
- - [Adam] Well, it doesn't matter.
- 282
- 00:14:59,444 --> 00:15:01,307
- Once they see the facts,
- then they'll see.
- 283
- 00:15:01,309 --> 00:15:02,375
- [Carl]
- Adam, I'm getting a headache
- 284
- 00:15:02,377 --> 00:15:03,441
- just thinking about this stuff.
- 285
- 00:15:03,443 --> 00:15:04,439
- Come on, let's go.
- 286
- 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:07,878
- [thrilling music]
- 287
- 00:15:14,809 --> 00:15:16,243
- [Dean] What is it, Carl?
- 288
- 00:15:16,245 --> 00:15:18,576
- Oh, um, Adam has something
- to talk about.
- 289
- 00:15:18,578 --> 00:15:20,375
- [Dean] Is it actually important?
- 290
- 00:15:20,377 --> 00:15:22,374
- [Carl] He says it's 30 degrees
- in Florida.
- 291
- 00:15:25,244 --> 00:15:27,910
- Well, then, that is important.
- 292
- 00:15:27,912 --> 00:15:29,376
- I'll be there in a moment.
- 293
- 00:15:29,378 --> 00:15:30,477
- Uh, Carl?
- 294
- 00:15:30,479 --> 00:15:31,843
- Yes, Dean?
- 295
- 00:15:31,845 --> 00:15:33,477
- [Dean] Where is "there"?
- 296
- 00:15:33,479 --> 00:15:35,642
- Oh, uh, the bullpen.
- 297
- 00:15:35,644 --> 00:15:38,743
- Uh, Carl, where in the bullpen?
- 298
- 00:15:38,745 --> 00:15:40,742
- [stutters]
- Oh, I don't know. The middle?
- 299
- 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,277
- [thrilling music]
- 300
- 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,774
- Adam and Bill wanna see us.
- 301
- 00:16:02,776 --> 00:16:05,543
- Oh, come on.
- I was just about to leave.
- 302
- 00:16:05,545 --> 00:16:07,511
- I'm hungry. Where we going?
- 303
- 00:16:07,513 --> 00:16:09,644
- You really need to get a handle
- on this sort of stuff.
- 304
- 00:16:09,646 --> 00:16:10,777
- Get it? Handle?
- 305
- 00:16:10,779 --> 00:16:13,345
- Okay, are you gonna tell me
- what's going on or what?
- 306
- 00:16:13,347 --> 00:16:14,643
- Oh, we need to get Frank.
- 307
- 00:16:14,645 --> 00:16:15,543
- Frank.
- 308
- 00:16:15,545 --> 00:16:17,810
- Adam's not gonna like us
- getting Frank.
- 309
- 00:16:17,812 --> 00:16:19,677
- Adam doesn't like anything.
- Come on.
- 310
- 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,678
- [suspenseful music]
- 311
- 00:16:27,511 --> 00:16:29,344
- We've been summoned.
- 312
- 00:16:29,346 --> 00:16:31,809
- Not me. I'm not here.
- 313
- 00:16:31,811 --> 00:16:33,809
- Adam says it's 30 degrees
- in Florida.
- 314
- 00:16:33,811 --> 00:16:35,478
- Really?
- 315
- 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,510
- What is it with this guy,
- and what's his problem?
- 316
- 00:16:37,512 --> 00:16:39,843
- I don't know. Let's go find out.
- 317
- 00:16:39,845 --> 00:16:42,477
- [Frank] I need you guys
- to back me up on this in there.
- 318
- 00:16:42,479 --> 00:16:44,477
- Maybe we should hear him out,
- you know, just in case.
- 319
- 00:16:44,479 --> 00:16:46,679
- He has been going on
- about this for a year,
- 320
- 00:16:46,681 --> 00:16:47,942
- I'm sick of it.
- 321
- 00:16:47,944 --> 00:16:49,411
- [Edwin]
- The sooner this is over with,
- 322
- 00:16:49,413 --> 00:16:51,844
- the sooner
- we can get some dinner.
- 323
- 00:16:51,846 --> 00:16:53,911
- Hey, guys, what's happening?
- Happy hour?
- 324
- 00:16:53,913 --> 00:16:56,177
- [Frank] Can somebody tell me
- why I'm not at home
- 325
- 00:16:56,179 --> 00:16:57,745
- having dinner right now?
- 326
- 00:16:57,747 --> 00:16:59,576
- What is the problem?
- 327
- 00:16:59,578 --> 00:17:01,310
- It's too cold to launch.
- 328
- 00:17:01,312 --> 00:17:02,744
- [Frank] Really?
- 329
- 00:17:02,746 --> 00:17:06,212
- It's too cold to light up
- a million pounds of rocket fuel?
- 330
- 00:17:06,214 --> 00:17:07,311
- What's he doing here?
- 331
- 00:17:07,313 --> 00:17:10,209
- I thought we could use
- as many people as possible.
- 332
- 00:17:10,211 --> 00:17:11,678
- Let me ask you this,
- 333
- 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,678
- how does rocket fuel do
- when it's spewing out the side
- 334
- 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,744
- instead of the bottom,
- Von Braun?
- 335
- 00:17:16,746 --> 00:17:19,278
- All we have to do
- is take this memo,
- 336
- 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:20,580
- show 'em the facts,
- 337
- 00:17:20,582 --> 00:17:22,343
- and then NASA
- will reschedule the launch
- 338
- 00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:24,644
- till later in the day
- or when it warms up.
- 339
- 00:17:24,646 --> 00:17:25,676
- It's all in the memo.
- 340
- 00:17:27,711 --> 00:17:28,741
- The memo?
- 341
- 00:17:29,813 --> 00:17:31,277
- Yes, the memo.
- 342
- 00:17:32,478 --> 00:17:34,244
- Tell them what's on the memo?
- 343
- 00:17:34,246 --> 00:17:35,876
- I've been working on this
- for over a year.
- 344
- 00:17:35,878 --> 00:17:37,077
- It has all my findings.
- 345
- 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:39,576
- And now you're gonna tell me
- that none of you read my memo?
- 346
- 00:17:39,578 --> 00:17:40,642
- - I read it.
- - I didn't read it.
- 347
- 00:17:40,644 --> 00:17:42,479
- - I skimmed it.
- - Okay.
- 348
- 00:17:42,481 --> 00:17:45,377
- It's on the memo. It's cold.
- What does it mean?
- 349
- 00:17:45,379 --> 00:17:47,277
- - [scoffs]
- - Do you have a problem?
- 350
- 00:17:47,279 --> 00:17:48,344
- - [Bill] Guys.
- - [Frank] You know something?
- 351
- 00:17:48,346 --> 00:17:49,342
- You're like this pebble
- 352
- 00:17:49,344 --> 00:17:51,608
- that gets under the wheel
- of a shopping cart
- 353
- 00:17:51,610 --> 00:17:53,511
- and makes it go...
- [imitating rustling sound]
- 354
- 00:17:53,513 --> 00:17:55,376
- Oh, yeah, that's right.
- 355
- 00:17:55,378 --> 00:17:57,509
- And you're like the guy
- that can't build a shopping cart
- 356
- 00:17:57,511 --> 00:17:59,311
- that can go over a pebble.
- 357
- 00:17:59,313 --> 00:18:00,442
- What do you even do here?
- 358
- 00:18:00,444 --> 00:18:02,875
- I make sure guys like you
- don't torpedo our company.
- 359
- 00:18:02,877 --> 00:18:03,777
- - Torpedo?
- - [Adam] Torpedo?
- 360
- 00:18:03,779 --> 00:18:05,542
- Can we just have the facts,
- gentlemen?
- 361
- 00:18:05,544 --> 00:18:07,374
- All of this bickering
- gets us nowhere.
- 362
- 00:18:08,846 --> 00:18:11,675
- What's the coldest temperature
- NASA has ever launched
- 363
- 00:18:11,677 --> 00:18:13,778
- one of our
- Solid Rocket Boosters?
- 364
- 00:18:13,780 --> 00:18:16,612
- STS-51-C.
- 365
- 00:18:16,614 --> 00:18:20,645
- One year ago minus three days,
- third launch of Discovery,
- 366
- 00:18:20,647 --> 00:18:23,309
- the temperature
- 53 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 367
- 00:18:23,311 --> 00:18:24,744
- Wow, good job, Dean.
- 368
- 00:18:24,746 --> 00:18:26,877
- Oh, yeah, cookies for everybody.
- 369
- 00:18:26,879 --> 00:18:29,711
- Hey, Frank,
- what's the coldest temperature
- 370
- 00:18:29,713 --> 00:18:32,244
- we've ever tested one
- of our Solid Rocket Boosters?
- 371
- 00:18:32,246 --> 00:18:33,643
- Hey, Adam, do you get more
- 372
- 00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:36,644
- or less erosion
- at a 73-degree launch?
- 373
- 00:18:36,646 --> 00:18:38,611
- Oh, so you did read it,
- 374
- 00:18:38,613 --> 00:18:40,443
- and you know
- there was more erosion
- 375
- 00:18:40,445 --> 00:18:41,846
- but less blowby.
- 376
- 00:18:41,848 --> 00:18:44,743
- You are trying to stop
- this launch,
- 377
- 00:18:44,745 --> 00:18:46,742
- and I am not going to allow it.
- 378
- 00:18:48,446 --> 00:18:50,179
- And neither is Carl.
- 379
- 00:18:50,181 --> 00:18:53,645
- If there was a problem,
- why didn't you stop the launch?
- 380
- 00:18:53,647 --> 00:18:55,379
- [Adam]
- Because it wasn't up to me.
- 381
- 00:18:55,381 --> 00:18:57,343
- I'm not the decision-maker.
- 382
- 00:18:57,345 --> 00:19:00,178
- There is a chain of command.
- 383
- 00:19:00,180 --> 00:19:04,409
- We are just a very small cog
- in a very big machine.
- 384
- 00:19:04,411 --> 00:19:07,442
- Seems pretty important.
- 385
- 00:19:07,444 --> 00:19:10,343
- [Adam] The shuttle is made up
- of millions of parts.
- 386
- 00:19:10,345 --> 00:19:15,312
- It is the most complex piece
- of machinery in human history.
- 387
- 00:19:15,314 --> 00:19:19,311
- The O-rings are just one piece
- in a sea of pieces.
- 388
- 00:19:19,313 --> 00:19:20,711
- And no was listening.
- 389
- 00:19:20,713 --> 00:19:23,279
- We need to hear more
- before we decide either way.
- 390
- 00:19:23,281 --> 00:19:24,643
- Okay, shopping cart genius.
- 391
- 00:19:24,645 --> 00:19:27,577
- Uh... Don't take my pencil.
- 392
- 00:19:27,579 --> 00:19:31,946
- When we ship all the pieces
- of our four-story rockets,
- 393
- 00:19:31,948 --> 00:19:35,242
- and they put them
- all back together at Kennedy,
- 394
- 00:19:35,244 --> 00:19:38,277
- how do you think we keep
- a million pounds of rocket fuel
- 395
- 00:19:38,279 --> 00:19:40,613
- from spewing out
- of the connection points?
- 396
- 00:19:40,615 --> 00:19:41,845
- [Adam] With our seals.
- 397
- 00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:45,613
- And if our seals don't seal,
- then everyone blows up and dies!
- 398
- 00:19:45,615 --> 00:19:47,243
- The problem is you can't prove
- 399
- 00:19:47,245 --> 00:19:49,243
- that the temperature
- is a problem!
- 400
- 00:19:49,245 --> 00:19:50,845
- I know, that's the problem!
- 401
- 00:19:50,847 --> 00:19:52,677
- Is this what you guys want?
- 402
- 00:19:52,679 --> 00:19:56,579
- You want this guy making
- decisions about your future?
- 403
- 00:19:56,581 --> 00:19:59,511
- Yeah, why are you making such
- a big deal about this tonight?
- 404
- 00:19:59,513 --> 00:20:00,510
- No.
- 405
- 00:20:00,512 --> 00:20:02,613
- He's been on about this
- for about a year now.
- 406
- 00:20:02,615 --> 00:20:03,743
- [Frank] Exactly.
- 407
- 00:20:03,745 --> 00:20:06,878
- And none of the other
- shuttle launches got stopped.
- 408
- 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,311
- When we launched in 30 degrees?
- 409
- 00:20:10,313 --> 00:20:11,711
- You know, I think we should talk
- to the boss.
- 410
- 00:20:11,713 --> 00:20:12,779
- Run it up the chain.
- 411
- 00:20:12,781 --> 00:20:13,879
- [scoffs]
- 412
- 00:20:13,881 --> 00:20:17,846
- Guys, Adam here knows
- that he cannot stop a launch
- 413
- 00:20:17,848 --> 00:20:20,743
- unless everybody else here
- is on board.
- 414
- 00:20:20,745 --> 00:20:23,711
- And he also knows that
- management is not going to stop
- 415
- 00:20:23,713 --> 00:20:28,279
- a billion-dollar launch
- without any proof.
- 416
- 00:20:28,281 --> 00:20:34,511
- And Adam also knows
- that he is just one guy.
- 417
- 00:20:39,180 --> 00:20:42,377
- I must say, I am unconvinced.
- 418
- 00:20:43,713 --> 00:20:48,342
- I think... we should run
- this up the chain
- 419
- 00:20:48,344 --> 00:20:50,344
- however painful it might be.
- 420
- 00:20:50,346 --> 00:20:51,577
- Bad idea.
- 421
- 00:20:52,514 --> 00:20:53,380
- I may be unconvinced,
- 422
- 00:20:53,382 --> 00:20:55,845
- but this discussion needs
- to happen.
- 423
- 00:20:55,847 --> 00:20:58,947
- To do nothing at this point
- would be a big mistake.
- 424
- 00:20:58,949 --> 00:21:00,678
- Let's say we do postpone
- the launch.
- 425
- 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,710
- What's the worst
- that could happen?
- 426
- 00:21:02,712 --> 00:21:05,577
- Management might find
- a replacement company to build
- 427
- 00:21:05,579 --> 00:21:08,445
- the Solid Rocket Boosters,
- that's what.
- 428
- 00:21:08,447 --> 00:21:10,843
- Oh, and also, our company,
- 429
- 00:21:10,845 --> 00:21:13,710
- you know,
- the one we still work for,
- 430
- 00:21:13,712 --> 00:21:15,612
- they might just start
- laying off people
- 431
- 00:21:15,614 --> 00:21:20,114
- because we are the ones who
- delay launches at the 13th hour.
- 432
- 00:21:20,848 --> 00:21:22,577
- I think he has a point.
- 433
- 00:21:22,579 --> 00:21:24,644
- We all have jobs to think about.
- 434
- 00:21:24,646 --> 00:21:25,777
- And dinners.
- 435
- 00:21:26,848 --> 00:21:28,880
- Don't you have a kid in college?
- 436
- 00:21:29,848 --> 00:21:32,346
- Don't you have a mortgage?
- 437
- 00:21:32,348 --> 00:21:34,179
- And don't you have a wife
- and two kids
- 438
- 00:21:34,181 --> 00:21:35,944
- who are depending on you?
- 439
- 00:21:35,946 --> 00:21:37,846
- Yeah, we have
- all these problems,
- 440
- 00:21:37,848 --> 00:21:39,377
- but what's the solution here
- 441
- 00:21:39,379 --> 00:21:40,880
- that's not killing
- another launching?
- 442
- 00:21:40,882 --> 00:21:42,712
- And what happens if we blow up
- the shuttle tomorrow?
- 443
- 00:21:42,714 --> 00:21:43,913
- What happens after that?
- 444
- 00:21:43,915 --> 00:21:45,812
- - That is beyond ridicu...
- - Come on now let's settle down.
- 445
- 00:21:45,814 --> 00:21:46,779
- I never thought of it like that.
- 446
- 00:21:46,781 --> 00:21:48,679
- - How's that for job security?
- - Ridiculous.
- 447
- 00:21:49,811 --> 00:21:52,345
- - Adam, you can get back to them.
- - [sighs]
- 448
- 00:21:52,347 --> 00:21:53,779
- I really admire
- what you guys did.
- 449
- 00:21:53,781 --> 00:21:56,746
- You don't have the first clue
- about what we did,
- 450
- 00:21:56,748 --> 00:22:00,247
- or what we do,
- or what we will do.
- 451
- 00:22:00,249 --> 00:22:01,711
- He's on our team.
- 452
- 00:22:01,713 --> 00:22:03,313
- It's time you two
- start acting like it.
- 453
- 00:22:03,315 --> 00:22:04,211
- Yeah, ever since this happened
- 454
- 00:22:04,213 --> 00:22:05,814
- management has been trying
- to paint me
- 455
- 00:22:05,816 --> 00:22:07,846
- as some kind of...
- 456
- 00:22:07,848 --> 00:22:10,778
- malcontent employee,
- bent on causing problems.
- 457
- 00:22:13,414 --> 00:22:15,178
- Excuse us for just a minute.
- 458
- 00:22:15,180 --> 00:22:16,646
- No, no,
- it's completely all right.
- 459
- 00:22:16,648 --> 00:22:19,379
- You're right, I don't know you.
- Personally. I don't know...
- 460
- 00:22:19,381 --> 00:22:21,613
- But I know you're a person
- of conviction.
- 461
- 00:22:21,615 --> 00:22:24,444
- And I know that you care deeply
- about the space program,
- 462
- 00:22:24,446 --> 00:22:27,480
- which is why we're all here
- trying to get this sorted out.
- 463
- 00:22:27,482 --> 00:22:29,811
- What do you make of him so far?
- 464
- 00:22:29,813 --> 00:22:32,612
- Well, if you press him,
- he falls apart.
- 465
- 00:22:32,614 --> 00:22:36,647
- He's defensive, rude,
- and difficult to deal with.
- 466
- 00:22:36,649 --> 00:22:38,213
- Hmm.
- 467
- 00:22:38,215 --> 00:22:40,444
- I would like to hear more,
- though.
- 468
- 00:22:40,446 --> 00:22:45,415
- Look, what we can't do
- is turn on each other.
- 469
- 00:22:45,417 --> 00:22:49,914
- I mean, yeah, let's get it
- all out in here where it's safe.
- 470
- 00:22:49,916 --> 00:22:53,581
- But out there,
- we have to stick together.
- 471
- 00:22:53,583 --> 00:22:55,581
- Are you asking us to lie?
- 472
- 00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:58,847
- No. Nobody is advocating lying.
- 473
- 00:22:58,849 --> 00:23:00,880
- Going back
- to our previous conversation,
- 474
- 00:23:00,882 --> 00:23:04,747
- are you a malcontent employee,
- bent on causing problems?
- 475
- 00:23:04,749 --> 00:23:05,813
- No.
- 476
- 00:23:07,550 --> 00:23:08,614
- Maybe.
- 477
- 00:23:11,247 --> 00:23:13,346
- Probably, but for good reason.
- 478
- 00:23:13,348 --> 00:23:14,745
- What reason?
- 479
- 00:23:14,747 --> 00:23:17,279
- Why can't you just talk to him
- like a normal person?
- 480
- 00:23:17,281 --> 00:23:18,447
- Be reasonable?
- 481
- 00:23:18,449 --> 00:23:20,312
- [Adam] I don't have to,
- I'm right.
- 482
- 00:23:20,314 --> 00:23:22,778
- He's just afraid
- of losing his job. Hell, I am.
- 483
- 00:23:22,780 --> 00:23:24,780
- And you're never going to win
- anybody like this.
- 484
- 00:23:24,782 --> 00:23:26,344
- This needs to stay
- an engineering question,
- 485
- 00:23:26,346 --> 00:23:27,412
- that's what.
- 486
- 00:23:27,414 --> 00:23:31,179
- If we go to the boss like this,
- we'll get nowhere.
- 487
- 00:23:31,181 --> 00:23:32,279
- Who? Kurt?
- 488
- 00:23:32,281 --> 00:23:34,180
- Why aren't we marching up
- to his office right now?
- 489
- 00:23:34,182 --> 00:23:37,211
- I thought we would have
- a brief, calm conversation,
- 490
- 00:23:37,213 --> 00:23:39,778
- come up with an agreement
- together,
- 491
- 00:23:39,780 --> 00:23:42,612
- and then walk up there
- with a proposal.
- 492
- 00:23:42,614 --> 00:23:44,381
- But I didn't anticipate this
- or Frank.
- 493
- 00:23:44,383 --> 00:23:45,680
- Why do we need to take a problem
- 494
- 00:23:45,682 --> 00:23:47,611
- that has no solution
- to our boss?
- 495
- 00:23:47,613 --> 00:23:49,279
- There's at least
- two other engineers
- 496
- 00:23:49,281 --> 00:23:50,278
- that think we have a problem.
- 497
- 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,681
- As soon as we go,
- Frank is gonna follow us.
- 498
- 00:23:52,683 --> 00:23:53,945
- And as soon as we get up there,
- 499
- 00:23:53,947 --> 00:23:56,946
- he's gonna throw around
- his credentials.
- 500
- 00:23:56,948 --> 00:23:58,347
- Problem Review Board this
- 501
- 00:23:58,349 --> 00:24:00,180
- and problem assessment
- systems that,
- 502
- 00:24:00,182 --> 00:24:01,312
- and nothing's gonna happen.
- 503
- 00:24:03,550 --> 00:24:04,680
- Adam.
- 504
- 00:24:04,682 --> 00:24:06,846
- - I'm getting Jim on the phone.
- - [Bill] Just hold on.
- 505
- 00:24:06,848 --> 00:24:08,347
- Let's just see
- how we're gonna grade
- 506
- 00:24:08,349 --> 00:24:09,877
- and keep Frank away
- for a few minutes.
- 507
- 00:24:09,879 --> 00:24:13,613
- Get Jim on the phone,
- get him on our side.
- 508
- 00:24:13,615 --> 00:24:16,279
- Have him call Kurt.
- 509
- 00:24:16,281 --> 00:24:18,445
- And make it seem
- like Cape Canaveral
- 510
- 00:24:18,447 --> 00:24:21,712
- is asking for a flight ready
- review meeting.
- 511
- 00:24:21,714 --> 00:24:24,914
- Jim can make everyone concerned
- about the temperature.
- 512
- 00:24:24,916 --> 00:24:26,544
- This is a farce.
- 513
- 00:24:26,546 --> 00:24:29,847
- - We are engineers. We're not...
- - No. We're not engineers.
- 514
- 00:24:29,849 --> 00:24:31,282
- We're people.
- 515
- 00:24:31,284 --> 00:24:32,611
- Dumb, emotional people.
- 516
- 00:24:32,613 --> 00:24:35,812
- Well, thanks for the psychology
- lesson, Professor.
- 517
- 00:24:35,814 --> 00:24:39,679
- Right now, I'm more interested
- in rockets exploding.
- 518
- 00:24:39,681 --> 00:24:42,614
- [Finch] Did it ever occur to you
- that your interpersonal skills
- 519
- 00:24:42,616 --> 00:24:45,947
- may have hindered your ability
- to convince your coworkers?
- 520
- 00:24:45,949 --> 00:24:49,512
- Yeah, if that isn't the
- understatement of a lifetime.
- 521
- 00:24:49,514 --> 00:24:51,312
- Is this guy the best you got?
- 522
- 00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:54,380
- I was right.
- 523
- 00:24:58,415 --> 00:24:59,814
- When you were
- in engineering school,
- 524
- 00:24:59,816 --> 00:25:01,414
- did they make you show
- your work?
- 525
- 00:25:02,815 --> 00:25:04,447
- What does that have to do
- with anything?
- 526
- 00:25:04,449 --> 00:25:07,346
- Did they make you show them
- your work?
- 527
- 00:25:07,348 --> 00:25:09,948
- When you were solving problems
- and analyzing potatoes?
- 528
- 00:25:09,950 --> 00:25:10,949
- So what if they did?
- 529
- 00:25:10,951 --> 00:25:12,813
- [Finch] Well, you're gonna show
- your work here.
- 530
- 00:25:12,815 --> 00:25:15,514
- Because it's not good enough
- to just say you were right.
- 531
- 00:25:15,516 --> 00:25:16,912
- Anyone can make a prediction.
- 532
- 00:25:16,914 --> 00:25:18,648
- It's gonna rain.
- 533
- 00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:20,914
- I wanna know how you knew.
- 534
- 00:25:20,916 --> 00:25:24,314
- And I want to know
- how you told them.
- 535
- 00:25:24,316 --> 00:25:28,478
- Because maybe the problem
- wasn't with their understanding.
- 536
- 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,413
- Maybe the problem was
- with how it was communicated.
- 537
- 00:25:31,415 --> 00:25:32,712
- And that's on you.
- 538
- 00:25:34,514 --> 00:25:36,747
- So how exactly
- did you maneuver yourself
- 539
- 00:25:36,749 --> 00:25:38,248
- through the chain of command
- 540
- 00:25:38,250 --> 00:25:40,614
- to get the new information
- to the Cape.
- 541
- 00:25:40,616 --> 00:25:43,281
- [indistinct chatter]
- 542
- 00:25:43,283 --> 00:25:44,849
- How do we get the Cape
- on the phone
- 543
- 00:25:44,851 --> 00:25:46,480
- without Frank knowing about it?
- 544
- 00:25:46,482 --> 00:25:49,248
- [overlapping conversation]
- 545
- 00:25:49,250 --> 00:25:51,946
- Hey, I thought you said
- Carl was on my side.
- 546
- 00:25:51,948 --> 00:25:55,583
- Why don't we just take Frank
- to the recovery facility?
- 547
- 00:25:55,585 --> 00:25:56,847
- - Show him the soot.
- - [Adam] What?
- 548
- 00:25:56,849 --> 00:25:58,048
- Yeah, that'll work.
- 549
- 00:25:58,050 --> 00:26:01,182
- And then you just go ahead
- and think of a way to break off
- 550
- 00:26:01,184 --> 00:26:03,445
- and go to your office and get
- some papers or something.
- 551
- 00:26:03,447 --> 00:26:04,381
- I'm not playing games.
- 552
- 00:26:04,383 --> 00:26:06,182
- Just think of a good reason
- to break off
- 553
- 00:26:06,184 --> 00:26:07,378
- as soon as we get going,
- all right?
- 554
- 00:26:07,380 --> 00:26:09,713
- Bill had a way
- that he wanted to do things.
- 555
- 00:26:09,715 --> 00:26:12,281
- And did you agree with Bill?
- 556
- 00:26:12,283 --> 00:26:15,181
- Okay, fellas, we are going
- to the recovery facility.
- 557
- 00:26:15,183 --> 00:26:17,482
- Does fluorocarbon elastomer
- work better or worse
- 558
- 00:26:17,484 --> 00:26:18,579
- in freezing temperatures?
- 559
- 00:26:18,581 --> 00:26:20,915
- [Frank]
- What is fluoro... elastic?
- 560
- 00:26:20,917 --> 00:26:23,881
- It's the seal. And no,
- rubber-like substances
- 561
- 00:26:23,883 --> 00:26:25,812
- do not work better
- in the freezing cold.
- 562
- 00:26:25,814 --> 00:26:29,582
- Exactly, cold rubber
- doesn't seal as well.
- 563
- 00:26:29,584 --> 00:26:30,679
- I want us to go.
- 564
- 00:26:30,681 --> 00:26:33,481
- What difference do a few degrees
- make about anything?
- 565
- 00:26:33,483 --> 00:26:35,611
- Dean does water freeze
- at 33 degrees?
- 566
- 00:26:35,613 --> 00:26:37,446
- No, it does not.
- 567
- 00:26:37,448 --> 00:26:38,847
- But it does at 32.
- 568
- 00:26:38,849 --> 00:26:40,348
- That's right. A single degree
- can make a difference.
- 569
- 00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:42,313
- And it can affect
- that fluorocarbon elastomer.
- 570
- 00:26:42,315 --> 00:26:43,448
- You guys are hopeless.
- 571
- 00:26:43,450 --> 00:26:46,416
- Help me understand why
- you weren't taking the advice
- 572
- 00:26:46,418 --> 00:26:48,781
- of your problem assessment
- specialist.
- 573
- 00:26:48,783 --> 00:26:51,415
- Who? Frank? Are you kidding me?
- 574
- 00:26:51,417 --> 00:26:54,548
- You should be asking me why
- didn't everyone take my advice.
- 575
- 00:26:54,550 --> 00:26:55,481
- [Frank]
- You're not going to convince me
- 576
- 00:26:55,483 --> 00:26:57,448
- to put everyone's jobs here
- in jeopardy
- 577
- 00:26:57,450 --> 00:26:59,246
- on some theory
- you can't even come up with!
- 578
- 00:26:59,248 --> 00:27:00,713
- Jobs? That's your criteria?
- 579
- 00:27:00,715 --> 00:27:03,379
- Maybe you should've done
- your actual job.
- 580
- 00:27:03,381 --> 00:27:05,681
- Now it's time for the smart guys
- to do their jobs.
- 581
- 00:27:05,683 --> 00:27:07,382
- [Adam] You're willing
- to kill people for jobs?
- 582
- 00:27:07,384 --> 00:27:08,549
- You self-righteous...
- 583
- 00:27:08,551 --> 00:27:09,747
- Frank! Frank!
- 584
- 00:27:09,749 --> 00:27:11,282
- I'm not the problem.
- 585
- 00:27:11,284 --> 00:27:13,382
- I've just about had enough
- of this.
- 586
- 00:27:13,384 --> 00:27:14,516
- Guys.
- 587
- 00:27:14,518 --> 00:27:16,280
- Relax.
- 588
- 00:27:16,282 --> 00:27:18,548
- Okay, we have to get
- to the bottom of this.
- 589
- 00:27:18,550 --> 00:27:20,212
- It may be uncomfortable,
- 590
- 00:27:20,214 --> 00:27:21,881
- but you need
- to tell me the truth.
- 591
- 00:27:21,883 --> 00:27:23,346
- Get...
- 592
- 00:27:23,348 --> 00:27:24,346
- Hey!
- 593
- 00:27:25,385 --> 00:27:26,314
- Where is he going?
- 594
- 00:27:26,316 --> 00:27:28,215
- I think he's got something
- in his office.
- 595
- 00:27:28,217 --> 00:27:29,481
- [Bill] Did you forget something
- in your office?
- 596
- 00:27:29,483 --> 00:27:30,580
- [Adam] No!
- 597
- 00:27:33,283 --> 00:27:35,280
- [foreboding music]
- 598
- 00:27:39,349 --> 00:27:41,583
- If the recovery boats come in,
- 599
- 00:27:41,585 --> 00:27:43,483
- they want to know
- what that means.
- 600
- 00:27:46,716 --> 00:27:50,915
- It means our rockets will
- get lost in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 601
- 00:27:50,917 --> 00:27:53,382
- Those things are expensive.
- We better not lose them.
- 602
- 00:27:55,416 --> 00:27:57,315
- Is that option on the table?
- 603
- 00:27:57,317 --> 00:27:59,812
- They wanna know
- what this will mean to NASA.
- 604
- 00:27:59,814 --> 00:28:02,681
- Can't you just pick it up
- off the bottom?
- 605
- 00:28:02,683 --> 00:28:05,313
- What kind of question is that?
- 606
- 00:28:05,315 --> 00:28:07,483
- Tell the recovery boats
- to remain out at sea
- 607
- 00:28:07,485 --> 00:28:09,316
- and get those rockets
- when they splash down.
- 608
- 00:28:09,318 --> 00:28:12,182
- Boats can't stay out there
- in the wind.
- 609
- 00:28:12,184 --> 00:28:13,748
- We need you to figure
- the cost for your company
- 610
- 00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:17,282
- if we launch
- with no recovery boats.
- 611
- 00:28:17,284 --> 00:28:18,347
- Oh.
- 612
- 00:28:19,551 --> 00:28:21,716
- See if NASA
- can figure this out, then.
- 613
- 00:28:21,718 --> 00:28:23,715
- If you want 24 launches
- in a year,
- 614
- 00:28:23,717 --> 00:28:25,916
- you can only do that
- with reusable parts.
- 615
- 00:28:25,918 --> 00:28:28,447
- If the parts get lost
- in the Atlantic Ocean...
- 616
- 00:28:28,449 --> 00:28:29,882
- Wait, too windy?
- 617
- 00:28:29,884 --> 00:28:31,882
- It's too windy for boats
- to be on the water,
- 618
- 00:28:31,884 --> 00:28:34,181
- but not too windy
- to launch the shuttle?
- 619
- 00:28:34,183 --> 00:28:35,448
- We're trying to get
- through this launch
- 620
- 00:28:35,450 --> 00:28:37,283
- before thinking
- about making recoveries
- 621
- 00:28:37,285 --> 00:28:38,580
- to supply the next one.
- 622
- 00:28:38,582 --> 00:28:39,848
- If the boats come back in now,
- 623
- 00:28:39,850 --> 00:28:42,349
- they won't be able to make it
- back out for the launch window.
- 624
- 00:28:42,351 --> 00:28:44,116
- The boats are already
- headed back.
- 625
- 00:28:48,718 --> 00:28:52,613
- So, we're going to lose
- a billion-dollar asset?
- 626
- 00:28:52,615 --> 00:28:53,715
- That's right.
- 627
- 00:28:53,717 --> 00:28:54,747
- Excuse me?
- 628
- 00:28:58,916 --> 00:29:02,180
- What's he doing? Huh? Huh?
- 629
- 00:29:02,182 --> 00:29:04,180
- Get the flight engineer
- on the phone now.
- 630
- 00:29:06,486 --> 00:29:09,381
- This is Adam with the team that
- built the Solid Rocket Boosters,
- 631
- 00:29:09,383 --> 00:29:10,548
- and I have important information
- 632
- 00:29:10,550 --> 00:29:13,447
- regarding a catastrophic
- failure of the shuttle launch
- 633
- 00:29:13,449 --> 00:29:14,815
- due to the primary
- and secondary O-rings.
- 634
- 00:29:14,817 --> 00:29:16,816
- - Get him on the phone now.
- - Who is that on the phone?
- 635
- 00:29:16,818 --> 00:29:18,247
- Are you talking to Kurt? Huh?
- 636
- 00:29:18,249 --> 00:29:19,579
- [phone beeps]
- 637
- 00:29:20,650 --> 00:29:22,216
- Jim Whitt, go.
- 638
- 00:29:22,218 --> 00:29:25,649
- Jim, you have about 30 seconds
- to get Kurt on the phone
- 639
- 00:29:25,651 --> 00:29:27,414
- and convince him
- to call a meeting
- 640
- 00:29:27,416 --> 00:29:28,616
- between NASA and our company
- 641
- 00:29:28,618 --> 00:29:31,516
- to discuss the impending
- catastrophic failure
- 642
- 00:29:31,518 --> 00:29:33,482
- of the primary
- and secondary O-rings
- 643
- 00:29:33,484 --> 00:29:36,548
- due to the cold temperature
- of our scheduled launch time.
- 644
- 00:29:36,550 --> 00:29:37,881
- [Adam] You better hurry.
- 645
- 00:29:37,883 --> 00:29:39,682
- You better hold on
- because it gets worse.
- 646
- 00:29:39,684 --> 00:29:40,748
- What do you mean it gets worse?
- 647
- 00:29:40,750 --> 00:29:43,481
- What could be worse
- than a catastrophic failure?
- 648
- 00:29:43,483 --> 00:29:45,349
- Transfer me over to Kurt.
- 649
- 00:29:45,351 --> 00:29:47,481
- I don't know how to do that,
- the girl that does the phones
- 650
- 00:29:47,483 --> 00:29:49,781
- is gone for the day.
- 651
- 00:29:49,783 --> 00:29:54,482
- Just hit transfer, receiver,
- then extension 304.
- 652
- 00:29:54,484 --> 00:29:55,647
- Okay. Here.
- 653
- 00:29:58,516 --> 00:29:59,580
- Great.
- 654
- 00:30:04,584 --> 00:30:05,916
- This is how you want
- to play this, huh?
- 655
- 00:30:05,918 --> 00:30:08,214
- - Frank, hold up.
- - Like a junior high playground?
- 656
- 00:30:08,216 --> 00:30:10,215
- Can we all just take a breath
- and talk about this?
- 657
- 00:30:10,217 --> 00:30:11,415
- No!
- 658
- 00:30:11,417 --> 00:30:13,550
- The time for talking is over.
- 659
- 00:30:13,552 --> 00:30:16,682
- It looks like I'm gonna to have
- to single-handedly save
- 660
- 00:30:16,684 --> 00:30:18,617
- - the space program.
- - Save the space program?
- 661
- 00:30:18,619 --> 00:30:20,648
- Do you even hear yourself?
- 662
- 00:30:20,650 --> 00:30:25,248
- What good is a space program
- that never launches into space?
- 663
- 00:30:27,815 --> 00:30:29,249
- [Jim] Kurt.
- 664
- 00:30:29,251 --> 00:30:31,348
- We are having some major issues
- 665
- 00:30:31,350 --> 00:30:33,184
- regarding the launch
- tomorrow morning
- 666
- 00:30:33,186 --> 00:30:35,417
- and we need to set up a meeting
- with Marshall,
- 667
- 00:30:35,419 --> 00:30:37,282
- Kennedy and our company.
- 668
- 00:30:37,284 --> 00:30:39,215
- Uh, temperature needs
- to be discussed
- 669
- 00:30:39,217 --> 00:30:41,552
- as well as our recovery
- of the SRBs.
- 670
- 00:30:41,554 --> 00:30:43,382
- Boats are being called back in
- because of wind,
- 671
- 00:30:43,384 --> 00:30:46,116
- which puts us in jeopardy
- of losing our assets.
- 672
- 00:30:47,482 --> 00:30:49,315
- That's correct.
- 673
- 00:30:49,317 --> 00:30:52,317
- Yes, sir, uh, we could use
- some management assistance
- 674
- 00:30:52,319 --> 00:30:54,949
- setting up that meeting ASAP.
- 675
- 00:30:54,951 --> 00:30:57,551
- And, Kurt,
- I want to highly stress
- 676
- 00:30:57,553 --> 00:31:00,483
- that this remain
- an engineering decision.
- 677
- 00:31:01,816 --> 00:31:03,582
- All right, thank you.
- 678
- 00:31:23,719 --> 00:31:25,383
- Okay...
- 679
- 00:31:25,385 --> 00:31:26,914
- Here's what we're gonna do.
- 680
- 00:31:26,916 --> 00:31:29,650
- We're gonna get a meeting
- with Kennedy Space Center
- 681
- 00:31:29,652 --> 00:31:33,415
- and Marshall Space Flight Center
- on a conference call.
- 682
- 00:31:33,417 --> 00:31:34,683
- We're gonna convince them
- 683
- 00:31:34,685 --> 00:31:37,317
- to push the launch window
- a little bit.
- 684
- 00:31:37,319 --> 00:31:40,882
- We need those boats out there
- and recover our rockets.
- 685
- 00:31:40,884 --> 00:31:43,184
- Now, what's the argument
- with the temperature?
- 686
- 00:31:43,186 --> 00:31:44,781
- It's inconclusive.
- 687
- 00:31:44,783 --> 00:31:45,849
- [overlapping banter]
- 688
- 00:31:45,851 --> 00:31:49,247
- The temperature is outside
- of our experience data,
- 689
- 00:31:49,249 --> 00:31:51,683
- and you that we have been
- getting erosion and blowby.
- 690
- 00:31:51,685 --> 00:31:54,251
- It isn't the worst
- at a lower temperature.
- 691
- 00:31:54,253 --> 00:31:55,348
- Yes, it is.
- 692
- 00:31:55,350 --> 00:31:56,849
- Not with erosion.
- 693
- 00:31:56,851 --> 00:31:58,950
- What's the difference,
- gentlemen?
- 694
- 00:31:58,952 --> 00:32:03,581
- Erosion means that the rubber
- hose seal is being eaten away.
- 695
- 00:32:03,583 --> 00:32:06,348
- Blowby is the exhaust that
- actually gets past the seals.
- 696
- 00:32:06,350 --> 00:32:09,550
- And it's the blowby that gets
- worse at the lower temperatures.
- 697
- 00:32:09,552 --> 00:32:10,751
- The lower the temperature,
- 698
- 00:32:10,753 --> 00:32:14,916
- the more the rocket exhaust
- passes right past the seals.
- 699
- 00:32:14,918 --> 00:32:15,984
- The greater the blowby,
- 700
- 00:32:15,986 --> 00:32:18,783
- the greater the chance
- of secondary seal failure.
- 701
- 00:32:18,785 --> 00:32:21,684
- Secondary seal failure
- equals catastrophic failure.
- 702
- 00:32:21,686 --> 00:32:23,482
- Okay.
- 703
- 00:32:23,484 --> 00:32:27,283
- We are going to argue
- for a launch delay.
- 704
- 00:32:27,285 --> 00:32:30,918
- And we are all going to be
- in agreement, Frank.
- 705
- 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,418
- Now NASA is pushing
- for a launch,
- 706
- 00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:36,583
- even though it could cost us
- our rockets.
- 707
- 00:32:36,585 --> 00:32:38,551
- It's the engineering.
- 708
- 00:32:38,553 --> 00:32:41,316
- We need to push
- because of the engineering.
- 709
- 00:32:41,318 --> 00:32:45,715
- There is more at play here,
- Adam, than the engineering.
- 710
- 00:32:45,717 --> 00:32:48,850
- [Kurt] The danged media
- keeps pushing and pushing.
- 711
- 00:32:48,852 --> 00:32:52,316
- So much so that NASA
- is staring down the barrel
- 712
- 00:32:52,318 --> 00:32:55,218
- of another national
- embarrassment.
- 713
- 00:32:55,220 --> 00:32:58,417
- Especially after the handle
- and all the delays.
- 714
- 00:32:58,419 --> 00:32:59,650
- Who cares?
- 715
- 00:32:59,652 --> 00:33:01,351
- Who cares?
- 716
- 00:33:01,353 --> 00:33:03,182
- The people
- who pay the bills care.
- 717
- 00:33:03,184 --> 00:33:04,749
- - The taxpayers.
- - Yeah, right.
- 718
- 00:33:04,751 --> 00:33:06,852
- The Department of Defense
- pays the bills,
- 719
- 00:33:06,854 --> 00:33:09,450
- so their satellites
- can catch a ride into orbit.
- 720
- 00:33:09,452 --> 00:33:12,485
- And the DOD wants
- what they paid for.
- 721
- 00:33:12,487 --> 00:33:14,783
- If they don't get
- what they paid for,
- 722
- 00:33:14,785 --> 00:33:16,683
- they'll just go somewhere else.
- 723
- 00:33:16,685 --> 00:33:19,150
- Where? Macy's?
- 724
- 00:33:19,851 --> 00:33:21,950
- Maybe NASA and the DOD
- 725
- 00:33:21,952 --> 00:33:24,615
- think it's time to invest
- in a new horse,
- 726
- 00:33:24,617 --> 00:33:29,452
- especially if this horse can't
- get them where they wanna go.
- 727
- 00:33:29,454 --> 00:33:33,319
- You think it's an engineering
- problem, but it's not.
- 728
- 00:33:34,453 --> 00:33:35,815
- It's an economic problem.
- 729
- 00:33:35,817 --> 00:33:38,218
- Are we arguing to launch
- or not launch?
- 730
- 00:33:38,220 --> 00:33:41,750
- Yes, economics is a factor.
- I thoroughly agree.
- 731
- 00:33:41,752 --> 00:33:43,885
- - [Dean] However, the five of us.
- - Five lepers.
- 732
- 00:33:43,887 --> 00:33:45,451
- The five of us believe
- 733
- 00:33:45,453 --> 00:33:47,449
- temperature
- is the best argument.
- 734
- 00:33:47,451 --> 00:33:50,751
- If NASA's loss is not greater
- than our loss of the rockets,
- 735
- 00:33:50,753 --> 00:33:53,416
- then the economic argument
- will not work.
- 736
- 00:33:53,418 --> 00:33:56,752
- However, if they are concerned
- about the loss of their shuttle
- 737
- 00:33:56,754 --> 00:33:59,317
- in an even
- more embarrassing incident,
- 738
- 00:33:59,319 --> 00:34:00,618
- then we should argue
- 739
- 00:34:00,620 --> 00:34:03,351
- in the best interest
- of their success.
- 740
- 00:34:03,353 --> 00:34:05,784
- If we delay a few hours,
- 741
- 00:34:05,786 --> 00:34:07,551
- temperature goes up,
- right, Adam?
- 742
- 00:34:07,553 --> 00:34:08,553
- Yes.
- 743
- 00:34:08,555 --> 00:34:10,886
- And the rocket gets launched,
- right, Frank?
- 744
- 00:34:12,318 --> 00:34:13,452
- Yes.
- 745
- 00:34:13,454 --> 00:34:17,319
- And our ships have a better shot
- of recovering our SRBs,
- 746
- 00:34:17,321 --> 00:34:18,417
- right, Kurt?
- 747
- 00:34:18,419 --> 00:34:20,482
- [Kurt] Absolutely.
- 748
- 00:34:20,484 --> 00:34:22,284
- [Dean] Then it seems to me
- we have no other choice
- 749
- 00:34:22,286 --> 00:34:23,217
- in the matter.
- 750
- 00:34:23,219 --> 00:34:25,286
- It seems we have no choice
- in the matter.
- 751
- 00:34:25,288 --> 00:34:29,450
- [Bill] Sir, let us put together
- an argument.
- 752
- 00:34:29,452 --> 00:34:34,485
- We want to help the company,
- NASA, the DOD, everyone.
- 753
- 00:34:42,254 --> 00:34:46,350
- You have exactly 45 minutes
- to get a presentation together.
- 754
- 00:34:46,352 --> 00:34:47,451
- Forty-five minutes?
- 755
- 00:34:47,453 --> 00:34:49,482
- As soon as this sentence
- is done,
- 756
- 00:34:49,484 --> 00:34:51,248
- I am picking up that phone,
- 757
- 00:34:51,250 --> 00:34:53,619
- calling them
- and setting the meeting.
- 758
- 00:34:53,621 --> 00:34:56,617
- How are we supposed to get
- this prepped in 45 minutes?
- 759
- 00:34:56,619 --> 00:34:57,717
- [Kurt] Get him outta here.
- 760
- 00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,418
- Kurt, this is a complex
- technical issue,
- 761
- 00:34:59,420 --> 00:35:01,351
- - we need more than 45 minutes.
- - [Bill] Stop.
- 762
- 00:35:04,220 --> 00:35:05,350
- Mr. Nelson?
- 763
- 00:35:05,352 --> 00:35:06,651
- [Adam] How are we supposed
- to put together
- 764
- 00:35:06,653 --> 00:35:09,285
- a complex technical presentation
- 765
- 00:35:09,287 --> 00:35:12,551
- and send it across America,
- so Utah, Alabama and Florida
- 766
- 00:35:12,553 --> 00:35:14,817
- can all see it all
- within 45 measly minutes?
- 767
- 00:35:14,819 --> 00:35:15,785
- We got the win.
- 768
- 00:35:15,787 --> 00:35:18,418
- Oh, what was all that
- about the economics?
- 769
- 00:35:18,420 --> 00:35:20,418
- Adam, NASA has never gone
- 770
- 00:35:20,420 --> 00:35:22,518
- against a contractor's
- recommendation.
- 771
- 00:35:23,319 --> 00:35:24,485
- We get the meeting.
- 772
- 00:35:24,487 --> 00:35:25,851
- We tell them
- we don't want to launch,
- 773
- 00:35:25,853 --> 00:35:27,085
- they don't negate us, we win.
- 774
- 00:35:27,087 --> 00:35:29,685
- Let's throw some stuff together
- and get the launch delayed,
- 775
- 00:35:29,687 --> 00:35:31,318
- and get to work on this thing,
- you know?
- 776
- 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,682
- Get it launched eventually,
- so we can have jobs.
- 777
- 00:35:33,684 --> 00:35:36,751
- If we do a halfway decent job,
- we will be just fine.
- 778
- 00:35:36,753 --> 00:35:38,781
- Oh, in 45 minutes?
- 779
- 00:35:38,783 --> 00:35:40,617
- I'm starting to think
- this was a bad idea.
- 780
- 00:35:40,619 --> 00:35:42,384
- Why don't you just go home
- for the night?
- 781
- 00:35:42,386 --> 00:35:43,853
- No. We need everyone working.
- 782
- 00:35:43,855 --> 00:35:45,650
- I used to think you only cared
- about being right.
- 783
- 00:35:45,652 --> 00:35:47,583
- - That's right.
- - Now I think you only care about
- 784
- 00:35:47,585 --> 00:35:49,319
- being at odds with everyone.
- 785
- 00:35:49,321 --> 00:35:51,616
- What you think doesn't matter.
- 786
- 00:35:51,618 --> 00:35:54,185
- I think what he thinks matters!
- 787
- 00:35:54,187 --> 00:35:56,484
- What if we are chasing
- a ghost here? Huh?
- 788
- 00:35:56,486 --> 00:35:57,618
- A mad man's imagination.
- 789
- 00:35:57,620 --> 00:36:00,519
- Why do we have to participate
- in this death spiral?
- 790
- 00:36:00,521 --> 00:36:01,615
- Because I'm the one who's right.
- 791
- 00:36:01,617 --> 00:36:04,183
- - Yeah, says you.
- - That's right, says me.
- 792
- 00:36:05,221 --> 00:36:07,417
- I'm out.
- 793
- 00:36:07,419 --> 00:36:09,286
- - Edwin, we need you.
- - I don't need this.
- 794
- 00:36:09,288 --> 00:36:13,484
- Ed, you have to look past
- the argument and the number
- 795
- 00:36:13,486 --> 00:36:17,387
- and the data and the O-rings
- and see the man.
- 796
- 00:36:17,389 --> 00:36:19,285
- All right, sometimes
- he doesn't get it.
- 797
- 00:36:19,287 --> 00:36:21,718
- He doesn't care about you,
- he doesn't care about me.
- 798
- 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:24,716
- Hell, I don't even think
- he cares about the engineering.
- 799
- 00:36:24,718 --> 00:36:25,952
- But I do know
- he cares about this,
- 800
- 00:36:25,954 --> 00:36:27,785
- he cares about being right.
- 801
- 00:36:27,787 --> 00:36:31,219
- And that's what I trust
- and that's the truth.
- 802
- 00:36:31,221 --> 00:36:33,853
- You gotta get past
- his little show.
- 803
- 00:36:33,855 --> 00:36:35,716
- - I trust him.
- - Yeah, you trust everyone.
- 804
- 00:36:35,718 --> 00:36:36,652
- I just wish I had another day.
- 805
- 00:36:36,654 --> 00:36:38,317
- - What if he's wrong?
- - What if he's right?
- 806
- 00:36:38,319 --> 00:36:39,920
- - What if he's wrong?
- - What if he's right?
- 807
- 00:36:39,922 --> 00:36:42,586
- Whoa! Why is this our problem
- all of a sudden?
- 808
- 00:36:42,588 --> 00:36:46,316
- If we're wrong and we stop the
- launch for no reason, we lose.
- 809
- 00:36:46,318 --> 00:36:48,186
- If we're right and we stop
- a launch, another launch,
- 810
- 00:36:48,188 --> 00:36:49,351
- we lose.
- 811
- 00:36:49,353 --> 00:36:50,619
- It's lose-lose.
- 812
- 00:36:50,621 --> 00:36:53,252
- Because we are the only people
- on the planet
- 813
- 00:36:53,254 --> 00:36:54,685
- who know we don't know
- 814
- 00:36:54,687 --> 00:36:58,551
- that there might possibly be,
- maybe, a problem.
- 815
- 00:36:58,553 --> 00:37:00,218
- [Carl] And it's the right thing
- to do.
- 816
- 00:37:01,254 --> 00:37:02,685
- [Dean] It is time to move.
- 817
- 00:37:04,288 --> 00:37:05,684
- We split up.
- 818
- 00:37:05,686 --> 00:37:07,487
- Five minutes to gather.
- 819
- 00:37:07,489 --> 00:37:09,318
- [Bill] Fifteen minutes to sort.
- 820
- 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:10,920
- Fifteen minutes to chart.
- 821
- 00:37:10,922 --> 00:37:12,452
- And fifteen minutes to send off.
- 822
- 00:37:12,454 --> 00:37:13,619
- [Carl] That's 50 minutes.
- 823
- 00:37:13,621 --> 00:37:15,284
- [Bill] We'll have to move faster
- than time.
- 824
- 00:37:15,286 --> 00:37:16,687
- We'll have to hand draw
- our charts.
- 825
- 00:37:16,689 --> 00:37:20,651
- Agreed. They are gonna want
- a lot of statistics,
- 826
- 00:37:20,653 --> 00:37:23,584
- so if you have any doubt,
- just bring everything with you.
- 827
- 00:37:23,586 --> 00:37:25,348
- How do we make
- a presentation to people
- 828
- 00:37:25,350 --> 00:37:26,517
- in three different parts
- of the country
- 829
- 00:37:26,519 --> 00:37:28,784
- in just under 40 minutes?
- 830
- 00:37:28,786 --> 00:37:31,784
- It's 1986,
- we are rocket scientists,
- 831
- 00:37:31,786 --> 00:37:33,418
- we work with NASA.
- 832
- 00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:34,685
- We are going to fax it.
- 833
- 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:44,950
- [interviewer] Good evening.
- 834
- 00:37:44,952 --> 00:37:47,287
- I'm joined tonight
- by teacher turned astronaut.
- 835
- 00:37:47,289 --> 00:37:50,584
- And the first civilian
- to ever go into space.
- 836
- 00:37:50,586 --> 00:37:52,487
- I have to start by asking you,
- 837
- 00:37:52,489 --> 00:37:55,252
- what do you think
- this is gonna mean for you
- 838
- 00:37:55,254 --> 00:37:56,585
- after the mission?
- 839
- 00:37:56,587 --> 00:37:59,516
- What are you going to do
- when you return from space?
- 840
- 00:37:59,518 --> 00:38:00,652
- [astronaut] I don't know.
- 841
- 00:38:00,654 --> 00:38:02,817
- But I do know
- that this is an adventure
- 842
- 00:38:02,819 --> 00:38:03,853
- I couldn't say no to.
- 843
- 00:38:03,855 --> 00:38:05,584
- I mean, to be able to go
- into space
- 844
- 00:38:05,586 --> 00:38:07,251
- and help school children learn
- 845
- 00:38:07,253 --> 00:38:09,352
- and be more interested
- in learning,
- 846
- 00:38:09,354 --> 00:38:11,617
- that's what I'm really
- looking forward to right now.
- 847
- 00:38:11,619 --> 00:38:13,751
- At first, I was... I was nervous
- 848
- 00:38:13,753 --> 00:38:15,615
- about what it would mean
- for my family,
- 849
- 00:38:15,617 --> 00:38:18,618
- and my husband, my kids,
- my teaching career,
- 850
- 00:38:18,620 --> 00:38:21,516
- but now I'm just looking forward
- to the adventure ahead.
- 851
- 00:38:21,518 --> 00:38:26,252
- You know, the great unknown,
- not necessarily space, but life.
- 852
- 00:38:26,254 --> 00:38:28,653
- Do you think it's really sunken
- yet, you're going into space?
- 853
- 00:38:28,655 --> 00:38:31,220
- No, absolutely not.
- 854
- 00:38:31,222 --> 00:38:35,885
- I still can't believe
- that I was chosen for this.
- 855
- 00:38:35,887 --> 00:38:37,887
- You know, 50,000 people applied.
- 856
- 00:38:37,889 --> 00:38:40,687
- I still remember putting
- my letter into the mailbox,
- 857
- 00:38:40,689 --> 00:38:42,886
- and thinking,
- there are so many other people
- 858
- 00:38:42,888 --> 00:38:44,852
- doing the exact same thing
- right now.
- 859
- 00:38:44,854 --> 00:38:46,951
- We were all alike that day.
- 860
- 00:38:46,953 --> 00:38:50,685
- We all thought, "It could be me.
- I have a chance at this."
- 861
- 00:38:50,687 --> 00:38:52,653
- And then it was me and it's like
- winning the lottery
- 862
- 00:38:52,655 --> 00:38:55,918
- to be able to go into space
- and blasting off in the shuttle.
- 863
- 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,653
- I mean, I just feel like
- I'm taking everyone here
- 864
- 00:38:58,655 --> 00:39:00,420
- on earth up there with me.
- 865
- 00:39:00,422 --> 00:39:02,154
- [interviewer]
- Are you afraid at all?
- 866
- 00:39:02,855 --> 00:39:04,819
- No. I don't think so.
- 867
- 00:39:04,821 --> 00:39:06,951
- Who knows, though,
- when we're actually strapped in
- 868
- 00:39:06,953 --> 00:39:10,553
- and those massive rockets
- are blasting us off into space.
- 869
- 00:39:10,555 --> 00:39:11,852
- Yeah, that does sound
- kinda scary.
- 870
- 00:39:11,854 --> 00:39:14,919
- But I have the utmost confidence
- in the thousands of people
- 871
- 00:39:14,921 --> 00:39:16,655
- who make all of this happen.
- 872
- 00:39:16,657 --> 00:39:20,351
- You know, these days,
- space flight is very safe.
- 873
- 00:39:20,353 --> 00:39:21,452
- [interviewer]
- You know, recently,
- 874
- 00:39:21,454 --> 00:39:23,418
- NASA has had a few delays.
- 875
- 00:39:23,420 --> 00:39:27,320
- How, if at all, has that
- affected the crew, mentally?
- 876
- 00:39:27,322 --> 00:39:28,484
- [astronaut]
- I mean, it's definitely,
- 877
- 00:39:28,486 --> 00:39:29,685
- uh, been interesting.
- 878
- 00:39:29,687 --> 00:39:31,785
- You get so excited about finally
- taking this mission,
- 879
- 00:39:31,787 --> 00:39:33,521
- and then it's delayed.
- 880
- 00:39:33,523 --> 00:39:36,653
- But I know that the engineers
- and everybody else involved
- 881
- 00:39:36,655 --> 00:39:39,620
- are doing what they need to do
- to make it as safe as possible.
- 882
- 00:39:39,622 --> 00:39:41,953
- So, I have full confidence
- in what they're doing
- 883
- 00:39:41,955 --> 00:39:43,686
- and the decisions they make.
- 884
- 00:39:43,688 --> 00:39:46,753
- If it needed to be postponed
- then, you know, for our safety
- 885
- 00:39:46,755 --> 00:39:50,587
- or for whatever reason
- they have, then that's something
- 886
- 00:39:50,589 --> 00:39:52,486
- that I think we're all
- okay with.
- 887
- 00:39:52,488 --> 00:39:54,253
- [interviewer] You know, at some
- point in everyone's life,
- 888
- 00:39:54,255 --> 00:39:56,189
- they dream
- of being an astronaut.
- 889
- 00:39:56,191 --> 00:39:57,619
- And you get to be one.
- 890
- 00:39:57,621 --> 00:40:00,787
- Are you having fun,
- has this been a fun experience?
- 891
- 00:40:00,789 --> 00:40:02,684
- Oh, yes. So much fun.
- 892
- 00:40:02,686 --> 00:40:05,219
- I... I love everyone
- I work with.
- 893
- 00:40:05,221 --> 00:40:09,518
- Commander Scobee
- is a solid unflappable man.
- 894
- 00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:14,484
- Uh, Mike and Ellison
- are the hardest working,
- 895
- 00:40:14,486 --> 00:40:16,385
- smartest people
- you will ever meet.
- 896
- 00:40:16,387 --> 00:40:19,852
- And Ron and Greg will...
- 897
- 00:40:19,854 --> 00:40:21,751
- they make us laugh nonstop.
- 898
- 00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:24,320
- Judi and I
- have a lot of fun together.
- 899
- 00:40:24,322 --> 00:40:25,952
- And, I mean, just as a team,
- 900
- 00:40:25,954 --> 00:40:27,953
- we really have to rely
- on one other.
- 901
- 00:40:27,955 --> 00:40:29,721
- [interviewer]
- Sounds like an amazing team.
- 902
- 00:40:29,723 --> 00:40:31,286
- [astronaut] Oh, it is. I mean,
- 903
- 00:40:31,288 --> 00:40:32,884
- all the way from the very top
- of NASA
- 904
- 00:40:32,886 --> 00:40:37,685
- down to the guys who clean
- to the engineers in between
- 905
- 00:40:37,687 --> 00:40:40,655
- who make sure that
- this is as safe as possible.
- 906
- 00:40:40,657 --> 00:40:43,452
- I mean, all these people
- involved are what make it
- 907
- 00:40:43,454 --> 00:40:44,818
- such an amazing experience.
- 908
- 00:40:44,820 --> 00:40:46,720
- And it's...
- I've had so much joy
- 909
- 00:40:46,722 --> 00:40:49,353
- getting to be a part
- of all of this.
- 910
- 00:40:49,355 --> 00:40:51,554
- I know that all of my students,
- 911
- 00:40:51,556 --> 00:40:53,319
- and even the students
- at the elementary
- 912
- 00:40:53,321 --> 00:40:54,687
- and the middle school
- 913
- 00:40:54,689 --> 00:40:57,187
- that, uh, go to my high school,
- that feed into my high school
- 914
- 00:40:57,189 --> 00:40:58,352
- are all going to be watching.
- 915
- 00:40:58,354 --> 00:40:59,919
- And I'm just so excited
- to be there to wave
- 916
- 00:40:59,921 --> 00:41:02,319
- at the cameras and see them
- and, you know,
- 917
- 00:41:02,321 --> 00:41:05,320
- let them see that your dreams
- can come true.
- 918
- 00:41:05,322 --> 00:41:07,554
- Uh, I mean,
- who would've thought that I...
- 919
- 00:41:07,556 --> 00:41:10,652
- I'm a high school science
- teacher who's going into space.
- 920
- 00:41:13,322 --> 00:41:15,320
- [suspenseful music]
- 921
- 00:41:25,390 --> 00:41:27,387
- [clock ticking]
- 922
- 00:41:59,190 --> 00:42:02,254
- [Bill] We have no time. Let's go
- and get this table out here.
- 923
- 00:42:02,888 --> 00:42:05,189
- [overlapping chatter]
- 924
- 00:42:05,191 --> 00:42:06,822
- Thank you, sir, appreciate it.
- 925
- 00:42:10,657 --> 00:42:12,486
- Everything passed,
- I need to have them.
- 926
- 00:42:12,488 --> 00:42:14,619
- [Biil] What else do we need?
- We need all sources.
- 927
- 00:42:17,455 --> 00:42:19,188
- Come on,
- we need the erosion charts
- 928
- 00:42:19,190 --> 00:42:21,522
- - from STS-51-B.
- - [Dean] That is 51-B.
- 929
- 00:42:21,524 --> 00:42:23,719
- We need to 51-A and 60...
- 930
- 00:42:23,721 --> 00:42:26,288
- Oh, I saw that one
- in one of the brown folders.
- 931
- 00:42:26,290 --> 00:42:27,920
- - Which one?
- - Oh, uh, one of them.
- 932
- 00:42:27,922 --> 00:42:29,188
- I'm not sure.
- 933
- 00:42:29,190 --> 00:42:31,488
- I need all SRM recoveries to go.
- 934
- 00:42:31,490 --> 00:42:32,688
- Go?
- 935
- 00:42:32,690 --> 00:42:34,721
- - Go out or go in?
- - [Bill] In.
- 936
- 00:42:35,923 --> 00:42:37,787
- You need this one?
- 937
- 00:42:37,789 --> 00:42:39,552
- Mm-hm.
- 938
- 00:42:39,554 --> 00:42:42,354
- Should we separate the
- soot levels from the erosion?
- 939
- 00:42:42,356 --> 00:42:45,219
- No, I want them to see
- the correlation.
- 940
- 00:42:45,221 --> 00:42:47,254
- Should we make a main summary
- of all the findings?
- 941
- 00:42:47,256 --> 00:42:48,520
- Wait, wait, wait.
- 942
- 00:42:48,522 --> 00:42:54,222
- We need 51-A, 51, uh, G,
- and 51-F.
- 943
- 00:42:54,224 --> 00:42:56,219
- "I" comes after that.
- 944
- 00:42:56,221 --> 00:42:57,420
- "I" after "F."
- 945
- 00:42:57,422 --> 00:42:59,686
- Why can't these be in order
- and we call them Challenger
- 946
- 00:42:59,688 --> 00:43:01,351
- and Discovery
- and then the number?
- 947
- 00:43:01,353 --> 00:43:03,955
- Well, because they didn't all go
- in consecutive order.
- 948
- 00:43:03,957 --> 00:43:05,287
- They're... they're all mixed up.
- 949
- 00:43:05,289 --> 00:43:06,421
- It would just be
- even more confusing.
- 950
- 00:43:06,423 --> 00:43:07,785
- Right, more confusing.
- 951
- 00:43:07,787 --> 00:43:08,886
- Does anyone else find it funny
- 952
- 00:43:08,888 --> 00:43:13,452
- that we use labels 51-L
- and 61-A, not the number 13?
- 953
- 00:43:13,454 --> 00:43:15,321
- - Okay.
- - Doesn't make sense to me.
- 954
- 00:43:15,323 --> 00:43:16,654
- - Yeah, just me, okay.
- - I blame it on Apollo.
- 955
- 00:43:16,656 --> 00:43:17,822
- Okay.
- 956
- 00:43:17,824 --> 00:43:20,387
- I'm missing another launch
- from October.
- 957
- 00:43:20,389 --> 00:43:21,920
- I've got the 30th.
- 958
- 00:43:21,922 --> 00:43:23,221
- [Edwin]
- Eighty-four or eighty-five?
- 959
- 00:43:23,223 --> 00:43:24,286
- Eighty-five.
- 960
- 00:43:24,288 --> 00:43:27,520
- Anyone have October
- not 30th 1985?
- 961
- 00:43:27,522 --> 00:43:28,588
- Anyone?
- 962
- 00:43:28,590 --> 00:43:29,785
- Somebody talk to me.
- 963
- 00:43:29,787 --> 00:43:31,555
- Adam?
- 964
- 00:43:31,557 --> 00:43:33,788
- Adam. Get your head in the game.
- 965
- 00:43:34,823 --> 00:43:36,352
- [Bill] Adam?
- 966
- 00:43:36,354 --> 00:43:38,652
- You've never been more wrong
- about anything.
- 967
- 00:43:39,757 --> 00:43:41,821
- I get this more than you know.
- 968
- 00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:45,887
- [Bill] Okay.
- 969
- 00:43:48,489 --> 00:43:51,453
- I'm gonna go get a cup of...
- 970
- 00:43:54,423 --> 00:43:58,553
- Hey, um, give me a hand
- with these drawings, okay?
- 971
- 00:43:58,555 --> 00:44:00,586
- You know he's our best shot.
- 972
- 00:44:00,588 --> 00:44:02,354
- - I know.
- - We know.
- 973
- 00:44:02,356 --> 00:44:04,388
- Yeah, well...
- 974
- 00:44:04,390 --> 00:44:06,922
- he has exactly nine minutes
- to get it together.
- 975
- 00:44:06,924 --> 00:44:08,187
- He better.
- 976
- 00:44:09,154 --> 00:44:11,221
- As a matter of fact,
- all of us need to throw
- 977
- 00:44:11,223 --> 00:44:13,321
- some cold water on our faces
- before we go in there.
- 978
- 00:44:14,555 --> 00:44:15,652
- Agreed.
- 979
- 00:44:17,889 --> 00:44:20,954
- [Finch] When you prepared
- for the telecon meeting,
- 980
- 00:44:20,956 --> 00:44:22,619
- had anything changed
- in your plan
- 981
- 00:44:22,621 --> 00:44:24,419
- to approach your higher-ups?
- 982
- 00:44:28,223 --> 00:44:29,286
- No.
- 983
- 00:44:30,191 --> 00:44:31,187
- [Mary] Hello?
- 984
- 00:44:32,790 --> 00:44:33,953
- Hey.
- 985
- 00:44:33,955 --> 00:44:36,587
- Hey. How's it going over there?
- 986
- 00:44:38,189 --> 00:44:39,820
- Oh, I got what I wanted,
- 987
- 00:44:39,822 --> 00:44:42,254
- just not the way that I wanted.
- 988
- 00:44:43,822 --> 00:44:45,286
- Is it the temperature?
- 989
- 00:44:46,391 --> 00:44:48,186
- Yes.
- 990
- 00:44:48,188 --> 00:44:49,720
- The fluorocarbon elastomer.
- 991
- 00:44:49,722 --> 00:44:51,121
- Yes.
- 992
- 00:44:54,722 --> 00:44:56,321
- You're the only ones.
- 993
- 00:44:56,323 --> 00:44:57,553
- There's no one else.
- 994
- 00:45:01,323 --> 00:45:02,354
- Mm-hm.
- 995
- 00:45:05,290 --> 00:45:08,887
- You have a human problem,
- not an engineering problem.
- 996
- 00:45:14,891 --> 00:45:16,356
- What's next?
- 997
- 00:45:17,490 --> 00:45:19,321
- What do you have
- right in front of you
- 998
- 00:45:19,323 --> 00:45:20,753
- that you have to do right now?
- 999
- 00:45:24,222 --> 00:45:26,387
- Stand... stand up and go
- in the conference room.
- 1000
- 00:45:27,556 --> 00:45:28,786
- And then what?
- 1001
- 00:45:30,723 --> 00:45:32,788
- Make sure everyone
- has the right documents.
- 1002
- 00:45:34,257 --> 00:45:35,387
- Then what?
- 1003
- 00:45:39,290 --> 00:45:40,756
- I'll check the temperature
- correlations
- 1004
- 00:45:40,758 --> 00:45:42,590
- to blowby and seal integrity.
- 1005
- 00:45:44,657 --> 00:45:45,756
- Good.
- 1006
- 00:45:45,758 --> 00:45:47,255
- You can do this.
- 1007
- 00:45:55,855 --> 00:45:56,886
- Mary?
- 1008
- 00:46:00,225 --> 00:46:01,422
- I know.
- 1009
- 00:46:05,691 --> 00:46:07,722
- [thrilling music]
- 1010
- 00:46:19,957 --> 00:46:21,254
- [keys jangling]
- 1011
- 00:46:31,856 --> 00:46:38,289
- ♪ Divided we stand now
- Then later take the fall ♪
- 1012
- 00:46:38,291 --> 00:46:41,721
- ♪ As working boys
- Ain't got a chance ♪
- 1013
- 00:46:41,723 --> 00:46:44,653
- ♪ Unless we stand up tall ♪
- 1014
- 00:46:46,656 --> 00:46:49,855
- ♪ Whose side are you on, oh ♪
- 1015
- 00:46:49,857 --> 00:46:52,588
- ♪ Whose side are you on? ♪
- 1016
- 00:46:52,590 --> 00:46:55,688
- ♪ Oh ♪
- 1017
- 00:47:08,256 --> 00:47:09,286
- [Dean retches]
- 1018
- 00:47:12,925 --> 00:47:16,389
- ♪ My daddy was a working man ♪
- 1019
- 00:47:16,391 --> 00:47:19,755
- ♪ Sinners to the sun ♪
- 1020
- 00:47:19,757 --> 00:47:22,822
- ♪ We ain't gonna stop ♪
- 1021
- 00:47:22,824 --> 00:47:26,255
- ♪ Until it's set and done ♪
- 1022
- 00:47:26,257 --> 00:47:29,356
- ♪ The power of the son in hand ♪
- 1023
- 00:47:29,358 --> 00:47:32,589
- ♪ There ain't no
- Neutrals there ♪
- 1024
- 00:47:32,591 --> 00:47:35,887
- ♪ You're either be a madman ♪
- 1025
- 00:47:35,889 --> 00:47:38,553
- ♪ Or a surk who doesn't care ♪
- 1026
- 00:47:44,491 --> 00:47:47,453
- ♪ Whose side are you on, oh ♪
- 1027
- 00:47:47,455 --> 00:47:50,188
- ♪ Whose side are you on? ♪
- 1028
- 00:47:50,190 --> 00:47:52,822
- ♪ Oh ♪
- 1029
- 00:47:59,257 --> 00:48:02,423
- ♪ Whose side are you on, oh ♪
- 1030
- 00:48:02,425 --> 00:48:04,955
- ♪ Whose side are you on? ♪
- 1031
- 00:48:04,957 --> 00:48:07,722
- ♪ Oh ♪
- 1032
- 00:48:11,926 --> 00:48:18,423
- ♪ Divided we stand now
- Then later take the fall ♪
- 1033
- 00:48:18,425 --> 00:48:21,722
- ♪ As working boys
- Ain't got a chance ♪
- 1034
- 00:48:22,791 --> 00:48:23,855
- Yeah.
- 1035
- 00:48:28,693 --> 00:48:34,225
- ♪ Unless we stand up tall ♪
- 1036
- 00:48:41,491 --> 00:48:43,155
- We are all here, gentlemen.
- 1037
- 00:48:44,657 --> 00:48:45,922
- [Jim] This is Jim,
- 1038
- 00:48:45,924 --> 00:48:48,686
- The Company's flight engineer
- here at Kennedy Space Center.
- 1039
- 00:48:48,688 --> 00:48:50,289
- [Nelson]
- Good evening, gentlemen.
- 1040
- 00:48:50,291 --> 00:48:52,390
- Anyone from Marshall on yet?
- 1041
- 00:48:52,392 --> 00:48:56,390
- Uh, yes. Sid, Rust,
- and Pat here.
- 1042
- 00:48:56,392 --> 00:48:58,656
- [Nelson] All right, what seems
- to be the issue here?
- 1043
- 00:48:58,658 --> 00:49:01,455
- Our best seal expert Adam
- 1044
- 00:49:01,457 --> 00:49:04,623
- has some concerns
- about the temperature.
- 1045
- 00:49:04,625 --> 00:49:07,657
- I can't stress enough
- how important it is
- 1046
- 00:49:07,659 --> 00:49:10,324
- that how long it takes
- for these O-rings to seal
- 1047
- 00:49:10,326 --> 00:49:15,356
- after they are compressed
- is vital to a successful launch.
- 1048
- 00:49:15,358 --> 00:49:18,356
- The bottom line is
- the colder it gets,
- 1049
- 00:49:18,358 --> 00:49:22,225
- the further we move away
- from the direction of goodness.
- 1050
- 00:49:22,227 --> 00:49:23,622
- What do you mean
- we're moving away
- 1051
- 00:49:23,624 --> 00:49:26,589
- from the direction of goodness?
- 1052
- 00:49:26,591 --> 00:49:29,589
- The ability for the seals
- to expand in their grooves
- 1053
- 00:49:29,591 --> 00:49:32,590
- is reduced as a function
- of temperature,
- 1054
- 00:49:32,592 --> 00:49:36,688
- that's when the exhaust blows
- right by the gap created,
- 1055
- 00:49:36,690 --> 00:49:40,756
- burns a hole in the side,
- and explodes.
- 1056
- 00:49:40,758 --> 00:49:42,689
- You have a history of seal
- and erosion
- 1057
- 00:49:42,691 --> 00:49:45,354
- and blowby correlation
- from previous relevant launches.
- 1058
- 00:49:45,356 --> 00:49:47,387
- Pages nine through twenty.
- 1059
- 00:49:49,726 --> 00:49:52,891
- Yes, there are... there... there
- are two seals on each joint.
- 1060
- 00:49:52,893 --> 00:49:56,755
- Now, we have seen the primary
- seal breached in the past.
- 1061
- 00:49:56,757 --> 00:49:58,190
- And we have all discussed
- 1062
- 00:49:58,192 --> 00:50:00,490
- the primary seal
- being compromised,
- 1063
- 00:50:01,857 --> 00:50:03,758
- and we have all concluded
- 1064
- 00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,458
- that this is an acceptable level
- of failure
- 1065
- 00:50:06,460 --> 00:50:10,389
- if we are confident
- the second seal will hold.
- 1066
- 00:50:10,391 --> 00:50:14,388
- We are unsure the secondary seal
- will hold at these temperatures.
- 1067
- 00:50:16,426 --> 00:50:19,355
- [Nelson] So, you don't know?
- 1068
- 00:50:21,725 --> 00:50:23,792
- We know that we don't know.
- 1069
- 00:50:23,794 --> 00:50:26,690
- Never has a contractor
- spoken more truly.
- 1070
- 00:50:26,692 --> 00:50:28,191
- Well, thank you, Marshall.
- 1071
- 00:50:28,193 --> 00:50:30,590
- We try to keep a handle
- on things,
- 1072
- 00:50:30,592 --> 00:50:33,690
- though not as good as you guys.
- 1073
- 00:50:33,692 --> 00:50:35,489
- [Pat] We have enough time
- to make jokes,
- 1074
- 00:50:35,491 --> 00:50:37,557
- but we don't have enough time
- to fix seals.
- 1075
- 00:50:37,559 --> 00:50:40,593
- If the seals are a problem,
- then why aren't they
- 1076
- 00:50:40,595 --> 00:50:44,290
- in the problem assessment system
- documents we have here?
- 1077
- 00:50:44,292 --> 00:50:47,256
- And why are we just hearing
- about it now, tonight?
- 1078
- 00:50:47,258 --> 00:50:49,589
- Yeah, I'm gonna let our
- problem assessment expert
- 1079
- 00:50:49,591 --> 00:50:51,393
- handle that one.
- 1080
- 00:50:51,395 --> 00:50:52,558
- Frank?
- 1081
- 00:50:54,293 --> 00:51:00,590
- Uh, because it looks
- to be like that
- 1082
- 00:51:00,592 --> 00:51:03,191
- we left them off
- of the document.
- 1083
- 00:51:03,892 --> 00:51:05,423
- Because it was fixed?
- 1084
- 00:51:06,193 --> 00:51:07,425
- [Frank] No, sir.
- 1085
- 00:51:07,427 --> 00:51:09,358
- Because they were always
- on there.
- 1086
- 00:51:10,492 --> 00:51:12,390
- [Nelson] I don't understand.
- 1087
- 00:51:12,392 --> 00:51:14,292
- [Pat] So you're saying
- we took a problem
- 1088
- 00:51:14,294 --> 00:51:16,659
- of the problem assessment system
- 1089
- 00:51:16,661 --> 00:51:18,891
- because it's still a problem?
- 1090
- 00:51:18,893 --> 00:51:24,357
- We all agreed
- that these ongoing problems
- 1091
- 00:51:24,359 --> 00:51:28,789
- were cluttering up the PASes,
- no one was looking at them.
- 1092
- 00:51:28,791 --> 00:51:31,321
- And the things that we took off
- 1093
- 00:51:31,323 --> 00:51:34,490
- were to be handled
- by a special committee.
- 1094
- 00:51:34,492 --> 00:51:37,388
- Uh, seems like,
- what's the main seal guy's name?
- 1095
- 00:51:37,390 --> 00:51:38,356
- [Kurt] Adam.
- 1096
- 00:51:38,358 --> 00:51:41,725
- Seems like Adam thinks
- the problem isn't fixed.
- 1097
- 00:51:41,727 --> 00:51:43,790
- We all agreed
- the problem is acceptable.
- 1098
- 00:51:43,792 --> 00:51:46,690
- We've never launched a shuttle
- below 53 Degrees
- 1099
- 00:51:46,692 --> 00:51:48,821
- and we're moving
- into the coldest launch
- 1100
- 00:51:48,823 --> 00:51:50,623
- in NASA's history.
- 1101
- 00:51:50,625 --> 00:51:53,622
- So you're changing
- the launch criteria
- 1102
- 00:51:53,624 --> 00:51:59,222
- from 40 degrees to 53 degrees
- the night before the launch?
- 1103
- 00:51:59,224 --> 00:52:02,189
- We're saying
- this is our data limitation.
- 1104
- 00:52:02,191 --> 00:52:04,692
- When we run tests
- and squeeze the rubber...
- 1105
- 00:52:04,694 --> 00:52:06,957
- Look at page 38.
- 1106
- 00:52:06,959 --> 00:52:09,324
- When we squeeze it
- at 100 degrees,
- 1107
- 00:52:09,326 --> 00:52:12,424
- and then let off the pressure
- we never lose contact,
- 1108
- 00:52:12,426 --> 00:52:15,293
- but at 50 degrees
- when we let off the pressure,
- 1109
- 00:52:15,295 --> 00:52:16,557
- it takes a few minutes
- 1110
- 00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:19,324
- for the rubber
- to spring back into place.
- 1111
- 00:52:19,326 --> 00:52:21,525
- [Nelson] Your test does not
- represent reality.
- 1112
- 00:52:21,527 --> 00:52:24,224
- The O-rings are constantly
- under pressure,
- 1113
- 00:52:24,226 --> 00:52:26,492
- your conclusion is not logical.
- 1114
- 00:52:26,494 --> 00:52:28,256
- It is logical.
- 1115
- 00:52:28,258 --> 00:52:30,691
- It proves that the fluorocarbon
- elastomer rubber
- 1116
- 00:52:30,693 --> 00:52:33,223
- is absolutely affected
- by temperature.
- 1117
- 00:52:33,225 --> 00:52:35,756
- If we lose the seal
- for a tenth of a second,
- 1118
- 00:52:35,758 --> 00:52:38,589
- the hot fire and gases
- could blowby the seal
- 1119
- 00:52:38,591 --> 00:52:41,490
- and erode the O-ring,
- which we have seen happen.
- 1120
- 00:52:41,492 --> 00:52:44,556
- And if the secondary backup
- O-ring does the same thing,
- 1121
- 00:52:44,558 --> 00:52:45,688
- is compromised...
- 1122
- 00:52:47,192 --> 00:52:48,958
- that's the ball game.
- 1123
- 00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:52,524
- We've seen blowby
- on STS-61-A also.
- 1124
- 00:52:52,526 --> 00:52:54,760
- It's page four.
- 1125
- 00:52:54,762 --> 00:52:58,624
- It says here that the launch
- went off at 75 degrees
- 1126
- 00:52:58,626 --> 00:53:00,392
- and you got blowby.
- 1127
- 00:53:00,394 --> 00:53:01,856
- [Nelson] I just don't understand
- 1128
- 00:53:01,858 --> 00:53:03,690
- how you can determine
- temperature
- 1129
- 00:53:03,692 --> 00:53:05,425
- is the deciding factor.
- 1130
- 00:53:05,427 --> 00:53:08,491
- [Adam] Yeah, I'd like to answer
- that one please.
- 1131
- 00:53:08,493 --> 00:53:10,958
- I just don't understand
- how you don't understand
- 1132
- 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:14,224
- that the cold makes rubber
- harder and less flexible.
- 1133
- 00:53:14,226 --> 00:53:18,658
- It's warm, there's blowby.
- It's cold, there's blowby.
- 1134
- 00:53:18,660 --> 00:53:20,925
- [Nelson]
- It's warm, there's erosion.
- 1135
- 00:53:20,927 --> 00:53:23,289
- It's cold, there's erosion.
- 1136
- 00:53:23,291 --> 00:53:26,925
- It doesn't seem to matter
- what temperature it is.
- 1137
- 00:53:26,927 --> 00:53:29,591
- Yeah, if you'll just look at it
- with a rudimentary pass-fail,
- 1138
- 00:53:29,593 --> 00:53:31,924
- then, yes,
- they both get blowby.
- 1139
- 00:53:31,926 --> 00:53:34,393
- But if you get scientific
- about it,
- 1140
- 00:53:34,395 --> 00:53:35,924
- at the colder temperatures,
- 1141
- 00:53:35,926 --> 00:53:38,725
- the soot from the blowby
- is jet-black.
- 1142
- 00:53:38,727 --> 00:53:43,191
- At 75 degrees, the soot from the
- blowby is light gray, spotty.
- 1143
- 00:53:43,193 --> 00:53:44,526
- I examined them myself.
- 1144
- 00:53:44,528 --> 00:53:45,923
- Now, if you can't see
- the difference,
- 1145
- 00:53:45,925 --> 00:53:47,159
- I can't help you.
- 1146
- 00:53:47,161 --> 00:53:50,892
- We have seen primary
- seal failure in the past.
- 1147
- 00:53:50,894 --> 00:53:53,359
- And if you see
- primary seal failure,
- 1148
- 00:53:53,361 --> 00:53:56,594
- then there is a high probability
- of secondary seal failure
- 1149
- 00:53:56,596 --> 00:53:58,524
- within the first second
- of ignition
- 1150
- 00:53:58,526 --> 00:54:00,926
- when the rocket flexes
- at the joint.
- 1151
- 00:54:00,928 --> 00:54:02,890
- And it will flex.
- 1152
- 00:54:02,892 --> 00:54:05,825
- And when the seals
- are compromised, you get blowby.
- 1153
- 00:54:05,827 --> 00:54:07,894
- The blowby erodes the seals.
- 1154
- 00:54:07,896 --> 00:54:09,825
- And that's when you have
- rocket flames
- 1155
- 00:54:09,827 --> 00:54:12,325
- shooting out the side
- instead of the bottom.
- 1156
- 00:54:12,327 --> 00:54:16,424
- And you have never seen
- secondary backup seal failure?
- 1157
- 00:54:16,426 --> 00:54:18,225
- Actually, we have.
- 1158
- 00:54:18,227 --> 00:54:24,459
- STS-51-B, the secondary O-ring
- suffered 12% erosion.
- 1159
- 00:54:24,461 --> 00:54:26,491
- So why wasn't that
- the ball game, Bill?
- 1160
- 00:54:26,493 --> 00:54:27,690
- [Bill] What do you mean?
- 1161
- 00:54:27,692 --> 00:54:29,326
- Well, you said earlier,
- 1162
- 00:54:29,328 --> 00:54:31,456
- that if we have secondary
- seal failure,
- 1163
- 00:54:31,458 --> 00:54:33,456
- it would be the ball game.
- 1164
- 00:54:33,458 --> 00:54:35,425
- This says it's happened before.
- 1165
- 00:54:35,427 --> 00:54:36,956
- Just because we done it once
- 1166
- 00:54:36,958 --> 00:54:38,257
- doesn't mean
- we could do it again.
- 1167
- 00:54:38,259 --> 00:54:39,624
- We did it by the skin
- of our teeth.
- 1168
- 00:54:39,626 --> 00:54:41,957
- Is this how we're going
- to keep going?
- 1169
- 00:54:41,959 --> 00:54:44,258
- Like a child who runs out
- into the road
- 1170
- 00:54:44,260 --> 00:54:45,524
- and nothing happens.
- 1171
- 00:54:45,526 --> 00:54:46,526
- He says, "See, I'm just fine.
- 1172
- 00:54:46,528 --> 00:54:48,557
- Let's just keep on running out
- into the road."
- 1173
- 00:54:48,559 --> 00:54:50,191
- And the parents do nothing?
- 1174
- 00:54:50,193 --> 00:54:51,293
- Oh.
- 1175
- 00:54:51,295 --> 00:54:52,460
- So you're the parent?
- 1176
- 00:54:52,462 --> 00:54:53,657
- Someone has to be.
- 1177
- 00:54:53,659 --> 00:54:55,925
- I just can't believe that
- it's a function of temperature.
- 1178
- 00:54:55,927 --> 00:54:57,860
- The data is inconclusive.
- 1179
- 00:54:57,862 --> 00:55:00,958
- I can't accept
- this train of thought.
- 1180
- 00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:02,659
- If you take a look
- at the synopsis,
- 1181
- 00:55:02,661 --> 00:55:04,724
- we should not launch
- with an O-ring temperature
- 1182
- 00:55:04,726 --> 00:55:07,191
- below 53 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 1183
- 00:55:07,193 --> 00:55:09,560
- It shouldn't matter that we've
- skirted disaster in the past.
- 1184
- 00:55:09,562 --> 00:55:11,892
- The odds will catch
- with us eventually.
- 1185
- 00:55:11,894 --> 00:55:14,158
- [Nelson] Quantify your results.
- 1186
- 00:55:16,861 --> 00:55:18,458
- Quantify?
- 1187
- 00:55:18,460 --> 00:55:21,290
- What is the probability
- of primary
- 1188
- 00:55:21,292 --> 00:55:23,757
- and secondary O-ring failure?
- 1189
- 00:55:23,759 --> 00:55:25,960
- I don't understand
- your question.
- 1190
- 00:55:25,962 --> 00:55:27,724
- [Nelson] Quantify!
- 1191
- 00:55:27,726 --> 00:55:30,825
- How do you quantify
- a train is coming?
- 1192
- 00:55:30,827 --> 00:55:33,892
- You look down the tracks
- and you see a train is coming.
- 1193
- 00:55:33,894 --> 00:55:37,957
- I am telling you to do it.
- Quantify your results!
- 1194
- 00:55:37,959 --> 00:55:40,692
- No, I can't.
- I can't do that with this data!
- 1195
- 00:55:40,694 --> 00:55:43,723
- I can only work with the data
- in front of me.
- 1196
- 00:55:43,725 --> 00:55:45,792
- You're giving me oranges
- 1197
- 00:55:45,794 --> 00:55:47,859
- and asking me to bake you
- an apple pie.
- 1198
- 00:55:47,861 --> 00:55:49,658
- I can't do that.
- 1199
- 00:55:49,660 --> 00:55:53,693
- What I can quantify
- with 100% accuracy
- 1200
- 00:55:53,695 --> 00:55:55,624
- is that right now
- we are moving away
- 1201
- 00:55:55,626 --> 00:55:57,925
- from the direction of goodness.
- 1202
- 00:55:57,927 --> 00:56:01,458
- I don't... I don't understand
- this conversation. I...
- 1203
- 00:56:01,460 --> 00:56:04,560
- The facts don't lie!
- 1204
- 00:56:04,562 --> 00:56:06,591
- I don't understand
- how you can see the facts
- 1205
- 00:56:06,593 --> 00:56:08,393
- and they don't convince you.
- 1206
- 00:56:08,395 --> 00:56:10,526
- Cold rubber doesn't lie.
- 1207
- 00:56:10,528 --> 00:56:12,692
- Recovered rockets don't lie.
- 1208
- 00:56:12,694 --> 00:56:15,859
- Burned up,
- charred up O-rings don't lie.
- 1209
- 00:56:17,626 --> 00:56:19,561
- I'm right about this.
- 1210
- 00:56:19,563 --> 00:56:20,626
- I am.
- 1211
- 00:56:22,329 --> 00:56:26,326
- You hired me to do a job,
- and by God, I'm gonna do it.
- 1212
- 00:56:26,328 --> 00:56:31,926
- And I don't care if it ruins me,
- or you, or NASA
- 1213
- 00:56:31,928 --> 00:56:34,260
- or anybody else, you get me?
- 1214
- 00:56:38,562 --> 00:56:39,726
- [Sid] So what do you think, Pat?
- 1215
- 00:56:41,195 --> 00:56:42,625
- I am appalled
- that you would dare
- 1216
- 00:56:42,627 --> 00:56:44,527
- to make such a recommendation.
- 1217
- 00:56:44,529 --> 00:56:48,393
- And change the flight criteria
- the night before a launch?
- 1218
- 00:56:49,462 --> 00:56:50,427
- Look here,
- 1219
- 00:56:50,429 --> 00:56:54,560
- it is expected to be
- 29-39 degrees tomorrow.
- 1220
- 00:56:54,562 --> 00:56:56,492
- Even your high temperature
- 1221
- 00:56:56,494 --> 00:56:58,457
- is outside
- of our data experience.
- 1222
- 00:56:59,562 --> 00:57:01,559
- Haven't you been
- getting ice already?
- 1223
- 00:57:04,263 --> 00:57:05,326
- Fine.
- 1224
- 00:57:05,328 --> 00:57:07,726
- I'm not gonna go against
- a contractor's assessment.
- 1225
- 00:57:10,761 --> 00:57:14,391
- When do you want me to launch?
- Next April?
- 1226
- 00:57:20,695 --> 00:57:23,626
- [Nelson] I can't go against
- a contractor's recommendation
- 1227
- 00:57:23,628 --> 00:57:24,659
- to stop the launch.
- 1228
- 00:57:32,928 --> 00:57:34,125
- Pat?
- 1229
- 00:57:35,893 --> 00:57:37,157
- Jim?
- 1230
- 00:57:38,393 --> 00:57:40,727
- This has to be
- an engineering decision,
- 1231
- 00:57:40,729 --> 00:57:42,695
- not program or management.
- 1232
- 00:57:44,228 --> 00:57:46,791
- Kurt? You wanna give us a final?
- 1233
- 00:57:46,793 --> 00:57:49,890
- Uh, can you give us
- about five minutes, please?
- 1234
- 00:57:50,962 --> 00:57:52,225
- [Nelson] Yes. You bet.
- 1235
- 00:57:52,227 --> 00:57:53,357
- Thank you.
- 1236
- 00:57:54,796 --> 00:57:58,424
- This is so backwards.
- 1237
- 00:57:58,426 --> 00:58:01,859
- Generating new launch criteria
- the night before you launch,
- 1238
- 00:58:01,861 --> 00:58:03,958
- that's backwards.
- 1239
- 00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:07,226
- I suspect our guys
- are gathering more data,
- 1240
- 00:58:07,228 --> 00:58:08,262
- running numbers to come up
- 1241
- 00:58:08,264 --> 00:58:10,760
- with a more accurate
- temperature launch window.
- 1242
- 00:58:12,827 --> 00:58:15,459
- Whatever they're doing,
- they had better come back
- 1243
- 00:58:15,461 --> 00:58:17,758
- with a way to quantify
- their recommendation.
- 1244
- 00:58:23,194 --> 00:58:24,294
- What was that?
- 1245
- 00:58:24,296 --> 00:58:26,893
- So now we have to prove
- that something doesn't work?
- 1246
- 00:58:26,895 --> 00:58:29,193
- Instead of having to prove
- that it does work?
- 1247
- 00:58:29,195 --> 00:58:36,192
- [whispering]
- 1248
- 00:58:39,696 --> 00:58:41,627
- We need to make
- a management decision.
- 1249
- 00:58:41,629 --> 00:58:43,193
- We can't do that.
- 1250
- 00:58:45,528 --> 00:58:48,524
- Please, look at the chart
- in front of you.
- 1251
- 00:58:50,229 --> 00:58:51,793
- If Bill...
- if it tell say nothing,
- 1252
- 00:58:51,795 --> 00:58:54,893
- let them show you
- our uncertainty.
- 1253
- 00:58:54,895 --> 00:58:57,792
- We cannot guarantee a good seal!
- [thumps on table]
- 1254
- 00:59:02,495 --> 00:59:03,793
- I don't know what else to say.
- 1255
- 00:59:08,195 --> 00:59:09,692
- Black soot. Look at 'em.
- 1256
- 00:59:10,727 --> 00:59:11,959
- Look at 'em!
- 1257
- 00:59:11,961 --> 00:59:14,895
- [Lester] Data is inconclusive.
- 1258
- 00:59:14,897 --> 00:59:17,560
- I wouldn't get
- on that shuttle tomorrow.
- 1259
- 00:59:17,562 --> 00:59:19,726
- You're not an astronaut.
- 1260
- 00:59:19,728 --> 00:59:21,759
- That's right.
- I'm not an astronaut.
- 1261
- 00:59:21,761 --> 00:59:23,891
- But their lives
- are in our hands.
- 1262
- 00:59:25,196 --> 00:59:26,930
- Would you get on that shuttle?
- 1263
- 00:59:26,932 --> 00:59:28,327
- They know the risks.
- 1264
- 00:59:28,329 --> 00:59:30,227
- And that's not our concern.
- 1265
- 00:59:31,362 --> 00:59:32,392
- What?
- 1266
- 00:59:34,829 --> 00:59:37,595
- - What kind of a man are you?
- - [Kurt] Adam!
- 1267
- 00:59:37,597 --> 00:59:40,962
- Who... How dare you play
- with human life like that?
- 1268
- 00:59:40,964 --> 00:59:44,326
- Who do you think you are?
- God? Huh?
- 1269
- 00:59:44,328 --> 00:59:47,658
- You think you get to decide
- who lives and who dies?
- 1270
- 00:59:50,428 --> 00:59:53,528
- This is despicable
- is what this is.
- 1271
- 00:59:53,530 --> 00:59:56,427
- You're a weak,
- spineless man, who can't...
- 1272
- 00:59:56,429 --> 01:00:01,825
- won't give these poor souls
- a chance, so... so what?
- 1273
- 01:00:01,827 --> 01:00:03,926
- So we can keep our stupid jobs?
- 1274
- 01:00:03,928 --> 01:00:08,393
- And make an extra buck or two?
- Huh?
- 1275
- 01:00:08,395 --> 01:00:11,194
- You're willing to drive right up
- to the edge of the cliff,
- 1276
- 01:00:11,196 --> 01:00:14,493
- just to see how close
- you can get without falling off.
- 1277
- 01:00:14,495 --> 01:00:16,494
- You're gonna fall off tomorrow.
- 1278
- 01:00:18,261 --> 01:00:20,561
- I tell you what,
- why don't you put on
- 1279
- 01:00:20,563 --> 01:00:22,594
- one of those pretty
- blue costumes and a helmet,
- 1280
- 01:00:22,596 --> 01:00:24,393
- drive yourself down to that cage
- 1281
- 01:00:24,395 --> 01:00:26,358
- with a bomb strapped under it,
- huh?
- 1282
- 01:00:26,360 --> 01:00:29,959
- Better yet, why don't you invite
- your wife or your daughter?
- 1283
- 01:00:29,961 --> 01:00:33,158
- This is not a management
- decision.
- 1284
- 01:01:05,495 --> 01:01:07,828
- NASA, we took a second look
- at our data,
- 1285
- 01:01:07,830 --> 01:01:09,728
- and we've determined
- that it is inconclusive.
- 1286
- 01:01:10,797 --> 01:01:12,294
- Our recommendation is to launch.
- 1287
- 01:01:14,460 --> 01:01:16,360
- [Pat]
- Are there any disagreements?
- 1288
- 01:01:18,398 --> 01:01:19,461
- Then it's a go.
- 1289
- 01:01:21,262 --> 01:01:22,259
- [Carl inhales sharply]
- 1290
- 01:01:24,197 --> 01:01:25,827
- [Larry] Why didn't you speak up
- after that?
- 1291
- 01:01:27,698 --> 01:01:29,161
- Why did you stay silent?
- 1292
- 01:01:31,395 --> 01:01:33,160
- You guys were the engineers.
- 1293
- 01:01:33,930 --> 01:01:35,560
- You should have said something.
- 1294
- 01:01:38,564 --> 01:01:39,862
- I don't know
- what to say to that.
- 1295
- 01:01:42,829 --> 01:01:47,492
- That's exactly why you need
- our help, to get through this.
- 1296
- 01:01:47,494 --> 01:01:49,259
- These questions
- are gonna come up.
- 1297
- 01:01:51,298 --> 01:01:52,497
- You need to have an answer.
- 1298
- 01:01:52,499 --> 01:01:56,428
- Can you fax over a flight
- recommendation to get signed?
- 1299
- 01:01:56,430 --> 01:01:57,930
- Right away.
- 1300
- 01:01:57,932 --> 01:02:00,462
- [fax machine whirring]
- 1301
- 01:02:10,795 --> 01:02:13,427
- Please sign this.
- 1302
- 01:02:13,429 --> 01:02:15,526
- Oh, no.
- 1303
- 01:02:15,528 --> 01:02:19,428
- We need someone
- from your company to sign this.
- 1304
- 01:02:19,430 --> 01:02:20,760
- I'm not signing that.
- 1305
- 01:02:27,897 --> 01:02:30,195
- Can we have someone
- from your end
- 1306
- 01:02:30,197 --> 01:02:35,562
- sign a flight recommendation
- and fax it over, please?
- 1307
- 01:02:37,299 --> 01:02:38,295
- [Myron] Right away.
- 1308
- 01:02:43,461 --> 01:02:45,562
- The recovery boats
- coming back in
- 1309
- 01:02:45,564 --> 01:02:47,194
- was enough to scrap the launch.
- 1310
- 01:02:47,196 --> 01:02:48,863
- The wind was enough
- to scrap the launch.
- 1311
- 01:02:48,865 --> 01:02:50,862
- The ice was enough
- to scrap the launch.
- 1312
- 01:02:50,864 --> 01:02:53,629
- Let alone your contractor
- safety concerns.
- 1313
- 01:03:04,697 --> 01:03:06,526
- If something happens tomorrow,
- 1314
- 01:03:06,528 --> 01:03:08,562
- I wouldn't want to be the one
- to stand up in front
- 1315
- 01:03:08,564 --> 01:03:10,896
- of some board of inquisition
- and give testimony
- 1316
- 01:03:10,898 --> 01:03:14,527
- as to why I chose to launch
- against the qualifications
- 1317
- 01:03:14,529 --> 01:03:17,228
- and recommendations
- of my engineers.
- 1318
- 01:03:20,297 --> 01:03:21,327
- [groans]
- 1319
- 01:03:24,931 --> 01:03:27,130
- [somber music]
- 1320
- 01:03:46,964 --> 01:03:49,162
- [somber music continues]
- 1321
- 01:04:25,663 --> 01:04:27,661
- [engine revving]
- 1322
- 01:04:52,963 --> 01:04:55,161
- [somber music]
- 1323
- 01:05:49,197 --> 01:05:51,629
- [clock ticking]
- 1324
- 01:05:51,631 --> 01:05:53,263
- [announcer]
- The T-minus ten seconds
- 1325
- 01:05:53,265 --> 01:05:56,296
- to burn off any residual
- hydrogen gas.
- 1326
- 01:05:56,298 --> 01:05:59,230
- T-minus 45 seconds and counting.
- 1327
- 01:05:59,232 --> 01:06:02,328
- The Solid Rocket Booster
- flight instrumentation reporters
- 1328
- 01:06:02,330 --> 01:06:04,262
- have gone into the record mode.
- 1329
- 01:06:07,398 --> 01:06:10,960
- Coming up on the 32nd point
- in our countdown.
- 1330
- 01:06:10,962 --> 01:06:14,363
- The SRB hydraulic power
- units have started.
- 1331
- 01:06:14,365 --> 01:06:15,897
- T-minus 21 seconds.
- 1332
- 01:06:15,899 --> 01:06:19,697
- And the Solid Rocket Booster
- engine gimbal is now underway.
- 1333
- 01:06:20,966 --> 01:06:22,830
- T-minus 15 seconds.
- 1334
- 01:06:25,497 --> 01:06:27,398
- T-minus ten.
- 1335
- 01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:30,895
- Nine, eight, seven, six...
- 1336
- 01:06:30,897 --> 01:06:32,864
- We have main engine start.
- 1337
- 01:06:32,866 --> 01:06:36,728
- ...four, three, two, one.
- 1338
- 01:06:36,730 --> 01:06:38,399
- And lift off.
- 1339
- 01:06:38,401 --> 01:06:41,629
- Lift of from the 25th
- space shuttle mission
- 1340
- 01:06:41,631 --> 01:06:43,195
- and it has cleared the tower.
- 1341
- 01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:48,664
- [indistinct radio chatter]
- 1342
- 01:06:48,666 --> 01:06:51,663
- [rumbling]
- 1343
- 01:06:54,533 --> 01:06:56,397
- [man #1] Challenger now
- heading down range.
- 1344
- 01:07:04,666 --> 01:07:08,697
- Engine's beginning throttling
- now at 94 percent.
- 1345
- 01:07:08,699 --> 01:07:11,896
- Normal throttle, uh,
- most applied 104 percent.
- 1346
- 01:07:14,299 --> 01:07:17,462
- It will travel down to, uh,
- 65 percent, shortly.
- 1347
- 01:07:20,964 --> 01:07:22,464
- Engine's at 65 percent.
- 1348
- 01:07:22,466 --> 01:07:24,261
- Three engines
- are running normally.
- 1349
- 01:07:24,263 --> 01:07:25,397
- Three good fuel cells.
- 1350
- 01:07:25,399 --> 01:07:26,597
- Three good engines.
- 1351
- 01:07:27,532 --> 01:07:28,532
- Engines throttling up.
- 1352
- 01:07:28,534 --> 01:07:30,463
- Three engines now
- at 104 percent.
- 1353
- 01:07:30,465 --> 01:07:32,530
- [man #2]
- Challenger, go and throttle up.
- 1354
- 01:07:32,532 --> 01:07:33,729
- [man #3]
- Challenger's gonna throttle up.
- 1355
- 01:07:35,931 --> 01:07:37,294
- [explosion]
- 1356
- 01:07:38,732 --> 01:07:39,966
- [man #1]
- One minute, fifteen seconds.
- 1357
- 01:07:39,968 --> 01:07:41,696
- Velocity, 2900 feet per second.
- 1358
- 01:07:41,698 --> 01:07:42,864
- An altitude,
- nine nautical miles.
- 1359
- 01:07:42,866 --> 01:07:44,763
- Generates distance,
- seven nautical miles.
- 1360
- 01:08:08,564 --> 01:08:10,897
- Did you know the investigation
- turned up the fact
- 1361
- 01:08:10,899 --> 01:08:13,966
- that some of them
- survived the initial explosion?
- 1362
- 01:08:13,968 --> 01:08:18,866
- [clattering]
- 1363
- 01:08:18,868 --> 01:08:22,298
- Some of the safety switch
- protocols had been activated.
- 1364
- 01:08:23,266 --> 01:08:25,662
- [rumbling]
- 1365
- 01:08:25,664 --> 01:08:29,195
- [wind swishing]
- 1366
- 01:08:30,796 --> 01:08:33,628
- [wind gusting]
- 1367
- 01:08:33,630 --> 01:08:34,695
- [woman gasps]
- 1368
- 01:08:38,699 --> 01:08:41,865
- Did they die on impact?
- Did they drown?
- 1369
- 01:08:41,867 --> 01:08:43,264
- Did they suffocate?
- 1370
- 01:08:44,567 --> 01:08:46,230
- [clattering]
- 1371
- 01:08:49,666 --> 01:08:50,730
- [woman whimpers]
- 1372
- 01:08:55,399 --> 01:08:56,562
- [wind gusts]
- 1373
- 01:09:00,364 --> 01:09:02,296
- I guess it doesn't matter.
- 1374
- 01:09:04,830 --> 01:09:06,427
- Did you know any of them?
- 1375
- 01:09:10,298 --> 01:09:11,328
- No.
- 1376
- 01:09:13,798 --> 01:09:15,297
- [Adam] Never met a single one.
- 1377
- 01:09:19,532 --> 01:09:22,730
- [Larry] This is a tragedy.
- 1378
- 01:09:22,732 --> 01:09:27,832
- A true tragedy, one our nation
- will not soon forget.
- 1379
- 01:09:30,399 --> 01:09:33,830
- But I think we have to remember,
- it's a risky business.
- 1380
- 01:09:34,733 --> 01:09:35,763
- [Adam] It is.
- 1381
- 01:09:36,934 --> 01:09:37,932
- But you know what?
- 1382
- 01:09:37,934 --> 01:09:41,731
- I'm really gettin' kinda sick
- of hearing that.
- 1383
- 01:09:41,733 --> 01:09:45,298
- Least we had Reagan
- to comfort us, though, huh?
- 1384
- 01:09:45,300 --> 01:09:48,499
- [Reagan] Today is a day
- of mourning and remembering.
- 1385
- 01:09:48,501 --> 01:09:49,862
- We know we share this pain
- 1386
- 01:09:49,864 --> 01:09:52,464
- with all of the people
- of our country.
- 1387
- 01:09:52,466 --> 01:09:55,529
- This is truly a national loss.
- 1388
- 01:09:55,531 --> 01:09:57,764
- To the families of the seven,
- 1389
- 01:09:57,766 --> 01:10:01,330
- we cannot bear as you do
- the full impact of this tragedy.
- 1390
- 01:10:02,267 --> 01:10:03,398
- But we feel the loss
- 1391
- 01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:06,764
- and we're thinking
- about you so very much.
- 1392
- 01:10:06,766 --> 01:10:08,731
- I've always had great faith in
- 1393
- 01:10:08,733 --> 01:10:10,933
- and respect
- for our space program.
- 1394
- 01:10:10,935 --> 01:10:14,199
- And what happened today
- does nothing to diminish it.
- 1395
- 01:10:14,201 --> 01:10:16,199
- We don't hide our space program,
- 1396
- 01:10:16,201 --> 01:10:18,765
- we don't keep secrets
- and cover things up.
- 1397
- 01:10:18,767 --> 01:10:21,632
- We do it all upfront
- and in public.
- 1398
- 01:10:21,634 --> 01:10:23,230
- That's the way freedom is
- 1399
- 01:10:23,232 --> 01:10:25,730
- and we wouldn't change it
- for a minute.
- 1400
- 01:10:25,732 --> 01:10:28,301
- We'll continue
- our quest in space.
- 1401
- 01:10:28,303 --> 01:10:29,697
- There would be
- more shuttle flights
- 1402
- 01:10:29,699 --> 01:10:31,498
- and more shuttle crews.
- 1403
- 01:10:31,500 --> 01:10:33,967
- And, yes, more volunteers,
- more civilians,
- 1404
- 01:10:33,969 --> 01:10:36,531
- more teachers in space.
- 1405
- 01:10:36,533 --> 01:10:37,763
- Nothing ends here.
- 1406
- 01:10:38,968 --> 01:10:40,598
- We will never forget them,
- 1407
- 01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:43,831
- nor the last time we saw them,
- this morning.
- 1408
- 01:10:43,833 --> 01:10:45,496
- As they prepared
- for their journey
- 1409
- 01:10:45,498 --> 01:10:47,464
- and waved goodbye,
- 1410
- 01:10:47,466 --> 01:10:51,230
- and "slipped
- the slurry bonds of Earth"
- 1411
- 01:10:51,232 --> 01:10:52,629
- to "touch the face of God."
- 1412
- 01:10:53,933 --> 01:10:55,163
- Thank you.
- 1413
- 01:10:59,633 --> 01:11:00,630
- [sighs]
- 1414
- 01:11:03,768 --> 01:11:05,765
- [breaths heavily]
- 1415
- 01:11:16,267 --> 01:11:17,865
- [stutters]
- What are you doing?
- 1416
- 01:11:17,867 --> 01:11:18,963
- [Adam]
- Getting rid of this thing.
- 1417
- 01:11:18,965 --> 01:11:20,731
- [Mary] Why?
- 1418
- 01:11:20,733 --> 01:11:23,432
- Adam, can you just wait
- just one second?
- 1419
- 01:11:23,434 --> 01:11:25,530
- Adam, what do you think
- this is going to solve?
- 1420
- 01:11:25,532 --> 01:11:26,665
- [Adam] I don't know.
- 1421
- 01:11:26,667 --> 01:11:28,464
- You don't have to throw away
- our TV.
- 1422
- 01:11:28,466 --> 01:11:30,362
- Mary, I don't want
- all of this getting in.
- 1423
- 01:11:30,364 --> 01:11:31,363
- Getting in? What are talking...
- 1424
- 01:11:31,365 --> 01:11:33,363
- The reports, the
- investigations, the accusations.
- 1425
- 01:11:33,365 --> 01:11:34,464
- Haven't you heard
- what he was saying?
- 1426
- 01:11:34,466 --> 01:11:36,196
- Against me. Against us.
- 1427
- 01:11:36,198 --> 01:11:37,828
- You didn't do anything.
- 1428
- 01:11:45,967 --> 01:11:47,164
- [Mary] Hey.
- 1429
- 01:11:47,832 --> 01:11:49,230
- You did something.
- 1430
- 01:11:50,834 --> 01:11:52,365
- That amounted to nothing.
- 1431
- 01:11:53,967 --> 01:11:55,630
- You didn't do anything wrong.
- 1432
- 01:12:00,668 --> 01:12:02,199
- What?
- 1433
- 01:12:02,201 --> 01:12:03,696
- You did the right thing.
- 1434
- 01:12:03,698 --> 01:12:05,399
- [Adam] I did the right thing?
- 1435
- 01:12:05,401 --> 01:12:07,699
- This is where you end up
- when you do the right thing.
- 1436
- 01:12:07,701 --> 01:12:09,730
- Right out here in the alley,
- right next to the trash
- 1437
- 01:12:09,732 --> 01:12:11,832
- where the... where the neighbors
- can look at you
- 1438
- 01:12:11,834 --> 01:12:14,433
- and gawk, "Oh, there he is,
- there's the engineer,
- 1439
- 01:12:14,435 --> 01:12:16,199
- that's the guy
- that works for the O-rings,
- 1440
- 01:12:16,201 --> 01:12:18,699
- killed seven people," Mary.
- 1441
- 01:12:18,701 --> 01:12:19,834
- So, yeah, this spot right here,
- 1442
- 01:12:19,836 --> 01:12:22,234
- this is where you end up
- when you do the right thing.
- 1443
- 01:12:23,433 --> 01:12:25,497
- You didn't do anything wrong.
- 1444
- 01:12:26,632 --> 01:12:28,232
- I could've...
- 1445
- 01:12:28,234 --> 01:12:29,866
- I could've done so much more.
- 1446
- 01:12:29,868 --> 01:12:31,729
- No. No. You couldn't have.
- 1447
- 01:12:31,731 --> 01:12:33,799
- You did everything
- that you could have.
- 1448
- 01:12:33,801 --> 01:12:35,631
- - [Adam] No!
- - All of you did.
- 1449
- 01:12:35,633 --> 01:12:38,532
- Well, did I, uh,
- did I call the media?
- 1450
- 01:12:38,534 --> 01:12:40,198
- Did... did I call
- the astronauts?
- 1451
- 01:12:40,200 --> 01:12:41,832
- Did I try to call
- the astronaut's families?
- 1452
- 01:12:41,834 --> 01:12:45,632
- Did I pick up the red phone
- and try to call the president?
- 1453
- 01:12:45,634 --> 01:12:46,866
- Did I jump in my car
- 1454
- 01:12:46,868 --> 01:12:49,198
- and go flying all the way down
- to Florida
- 1455
- 01:12:49,200 --> 01:12:51,234
- and go lay down
- in the middle of the launch pad
- 1456
- 01:12:51,236 --> 01:12:54,565
- to try to stop this thing
- that I knew was gonna happen?
- 1457
- 01:12:54,567 --> 01:12:56,800
- I know. I know you knew it.
- 1458
- 01:12:56,802 --> 01:12:58,199
- But it wouldn't have
- changed anything
- 1459
- 01:12:58,201 --> 01:12:59,565
- because they didn't listen.
- 1460
- 01:13:00,933 --> 01:13:02,267
- They didn't listen.
- 1461
- 01:13:02,269 --> 01:13:04,534
- They should have pushed
- the launch...
- 1462
- 01:13:06,466 --> 01:13:08,197
- They should have pushed
- the launch.
- 1463
- 01:13:09,635 --> 01:13:13,266
- They should've pushed it
- a few hours, a few weeks, days,
- 1464
- 01:13:13,268 --> 01:13:14,333
- whatever it took.
- 1465
- 01:13:15,269 --> 01:13:16,531
- But they didn't.
- 1466
- 01:13:16,533 --> 01:13:18,297
- And that is on them.
- 1467
- 01:13:20,534 --> 01:13:22,332
- You were right.
- 1468
- 01:13:27,204 --> 01:13:28,400
- I was right.
- 1469
- 01:13:31,635 --> 01:13:32,632
- I was right.
- 1470
- 01:13:35,334 --> 01:13:36,364
- So what?
- 1471
- 01:13:39,668 --> 01:13:44,532
- We... This is too heavy
- a burden to carry.
- 1472
- 01:13:46,936 --> 01:13:50,464
- This is what you need to be
- throwing away, not the TV.
- 1473
- 01:13:50,466 --> 01:13:54,467
- Mary, I wasn't the right man
- for the job.
- 1474
- 01:13:54,469 --> 01:13:56,399
- But that's not how this works.
- 1475
- 01:14:07,966 --> 01:14:09,732
- You can throw it away,
- 1476
- 01:14:09,734 --> 01:14:11,500
- but it's not gonna
- change anything.
- 1477
- 01:14:17,636 --> 01:14:19,532
- Maybe not,
- 1478
- 01:14:19,534 --> 01:14:21,866
- but you get to decide
- where you go from here.
- 1479
- 01:14:26,468 --> 01:14:28,500
- [somber music]
- 1480
- 01:14:44,268 --> 01:14:47,399
- What happened in Utah
- a few weeks after?
- 1481
- 01:14:47,401 --> 01:14:49,933
- [Adam] I don't know.
- People were upset.
- 1482
- 01:14:49,935 --> 01:14:52,499
- Uh, the whole town
- has a stake in this.
- 1483
- 01:14:52,501 --> 01:14:54,465
- Most of us who live here,
- work there.
- 1484
- 01:14:55,902 --> 01:15:00,632
- There were a few individuals
- who decided to pull
- 1485
- 01:15:00,634 --> 01:15:04,400
- a very insensitive stunt,
- we don't know who they were.
- 1486
- 01:15:04,402 --> 01:15:07,133
- Did you feel like
- it was directed at you?
- 1487
- 01:15:08,667 --> 01:15:10,431
- Yeah, I did.
- 1488
- 01:15:13,770 --> 01:15:15,802
- [somber music]
- 1489
- 01:16:12,535 --> 01:16:14,534
- [foreboding music]
- 1490
- 01:16:15,704 --> 01:16:16,901
- [Adam] Hey. Hey.
- 1491
- 01:16:20,503 --> 01:16:22,899
- Does anybody call you names
- because of what happened?
- 1492
- 01:16:22,901 --> 01:16:24,232
- [Emma] Some of them.
- 1493
- 01:16:25,770 --> 01:16:26,834
- Yeah.
- 1494
- 01:16:28,835 --> 01:16:31,467
- I am so sorry
- that this is happening to you.
- 1495
- 01:16:32,834 --> 01:16:35,265
- Can we just leave now
- and never come back?
- 1496
- 01:16:37,771 --> 01:16:38,801
- No.
- 1497
- 01:16:40,636 --> 01:16:42,936
- No, something wrong
- has been done,
- 1498
- 01:16:42,938 --> 01:16:46,435
- and your dad
- has to see it through, okay?
- 1499
- 01:16:46,437 --> 01:16:47,466
- [Emma] Why?
- 1500
- 01:16:52,269 --> 01:16:53,632
- I'm not sure why.
- 1501
- 01:16:56,502 --> 01:16:57,832
- And I'm not sure it matters.
- 1502
- 01:16:59,403 --> 01:17:00,867
- I don't wanna go
- to school today.
- 1503
- 01:17:01,667 --> 01:17:05,268
- Oh. Come here.
- 1504
- 01:17:05,270 --> 01:17:08,700
- You don't have to, kiddo,
- you don't have to.
- 1505
- 01:17:10,203 --> 01:17:11,900
- But you are gonna have
- to go back.
- 1506
- 01:17:14,236 --> 01:17:15,833
- And when you do,
- it's gonna be hard.
- 1507
- 01:17:17,467 --> 01:17:18,667
- I want you
- to remember something,
- 1508
- 01:17:18,669 --> 01:17:20,566
- and you remember this always...
- 1509
- 01:17:23,401 --> 01:17:25,933
- your dad tried to stop
- that launch
- 1510
- 01:17:25,935 --> 01:17:27,765
- when no one else would.
- 1511
- 01:17:29,768 --> 01:17:31,201
- That's the truth.
- 1512
- 01:17:31,203 --> 01:17:33,201
- [somber music]
- 1513
- 01:17:41,336 --> 01:17:44,701
- They will eventually call anyone
- and everyone
- 1514
- 01:17:44,703 --> 01:17:45,799
- who has a significant role
- 1515
- 01:17:45,801 --> 01:17:48,633
- in the Solid Rocket Booster
- fabrication to testify
- 1516
- 01:17:48,635 --> 01:17:51,466
- before the commission of
- President Reagan has assembled.
- 1517
- 01:17:52,569 --> 01:17:53,701
- It's a witch hunt.
- 1518
- 01:17:53,703 --> 01:17:54,934
- It's not a witch hunt.
- 1519
- 01:17:54,936 --> 01:17:57,867
- It's just
- a Fact-Finding Committee.
- 1520
- 01:17:57,869 --> 01:18:00,832
- Well, they've found an awful lot
- of facts lately, haven't they?
- 1521
- 01:18:01,804 --> 01:18:03,734
- Like what?
- 1522
- 01:18:03,736 --> 01:18:06,434
- Like that New York Times
- article,
- 1523
- 01:18:06,436 --> 01:18:09,568
- where an insider
- leaked sensitive information.
- 1524
- 01:18:09,570 --> 01:18:12,969
- It's not sensitive information,
- it's the truth.
- 1525
- 01:18:12,971 --> 01:18:14,833
- And if you're implying
- that I'm the one who leaked,
- 1526
- 01:18:14,835 --> 01:18:16,203
- you're out of your mind.
- 1527
- 01:18:16,205 --> 01:18:18,569
- Do not give out
- any more information
- 1528
- 01:18:18,571 --> 01:18:20,935
- than is absolutely necessary.
- 1529
- 01:18:20,937 --> 01:18:24,203
- Yes, no, or I don't know.
- 1530
- 01:18:24,205 --> 01:18:26,302
- You shouldn't antagonize
- these people.
- 1531
- 01:18:26,304 --> 01:18:28,768
- Don't go out there on your own.
- 1532
- 01:18:28,770 --> 01:18:30,566
- I'm telling you,
- for your own sake.
- 1533
- 01:18:30,568 --> 01:18:33,633
- I don't like the way
- you said that.
- 1534
- 01:18:33,635 --> 01:18:35,669
- Do you want the space program
- to continue.
- 1535
- 01:18:35,671 --> 01:18:37,802
- - Yes or no?
- - [Jim] That's not the question.
- 1536
- 01:18:37,804 --> 01:18:40,402
- Yes or no?
- 1537
- 01:18:40,404 --> 01:18:44,634
- That is the question.
- That is the only question.
- 1538
- 01:18:44,636 --> 01:18:46,469
- You engineers seem to think
- that in few weeks,
- 1539
- 01:18:46,471 --> 01:18:47,767
- it's business as usual.
- 1540
- 01:18:47,769 --> 01:18:49,535
- Well, I have news for you.
- 1541
- 01:18:49,537 --> 01:18:53,201
- You are not flying again
- anytime soon.
- 1542
- 01:18:53,203 --> 01:18:55,236
- You get to decide when.
- 1543
- 01:18:55,238 --> 01:18:56,702
- How long do you wanna wait
- 1544
- 01:18:56,704 --> 01:18:58,300
- before the next shuttle
- is on the launch pad?
- 1545
- 01:18:58,302 --> 01:19:00,602
- Three years or three decades?
- 1546
- 01:19:00,604 --> 01:19:02,403
- You decide.
- 1547
- 01:19:02,405 --> 01:19:05,569
- Mistakes have been made
- and if they continue to be made,
- 1548
- 01:19:05,571 --> 01:19:07,702
- you are never flying again,
- ever.
- 1549
- 01:19:07,704 --> 01:19:10,266
- That decision is made for you.
- 1550
- 01:19:10,268 --> 01:19:11,202
- No more contracts,
- 1551
- 01:19:11,204 --> 01:19:14,337
- no more space program,
- no more progress.
- 1552
- 01:19:14,339 --> 01:19:15,668
- This is it.
- 1553
- 01:19:15,670 --> 01:19:19,203
- History-making time, right now.
- 1554
- 01:19:19,205 --> 01:19:20,766
- Do you continue
- to shoot your mouth off
- 1555
- 01:19:20,768 --> 01:19:23,233
- with no regard to progress?
- 1556
- 01:19:24,304 --> 01:19:26,433
- Because if you go
- against counsel
- 1557
- 01:19:26,435 --> 01:19:27,869
- and you perjure yourself,
- 1558
- 01:19:27,871 --> 01:19:30,570
- or you say something
- incriminating by accident,
- 1559
- 01:19:30,572 --> 01:19:32,601
- that is on you.
- 1560
- 01:19:32,603 --> 01:19:34,635
- Testifying before
- a presidential commission
- 1561
- 01:19:34,637 --> 01:19:36,603
- is nothing to screw around with.
- 1562
- 01:19:39,204 --> 01:19:42,403
- And how many
- have you testified before?
- 1563
- 01:19:42,405 --> 01:19:43,533
- I don't testify.
- 1564
- 01:19:43,535 --> 01:19:44,501
- None.
- 1565
- 01:19:44,503 --> 01:19:47,902
- You've testified before none,
- and I have,
- 1566
- 01:19:47,904 --> 01:19:50,202
- so that makes me the expert
- in this room.
- 1567
- 01:19:50,204 --> 01:19:53,467
- Yes, no, or I don't know.
- 1568
- 01:19:55,369 --> 01:19:57,333
- I have to get back to work.
- 1569
- 01:19:57,335 --> 01:20:01,266
- If you go against us,
- you will lose.
- 1570
- 01:20:03,204 --> 01:20:04,535
- Both of you.
- 1571
- 01:20:04,537 --> 01:20:07,668
- [man] ...at the secondary seal
- that we were talked,
- 1572
- 01:20:07,670 --> 01:20:11,533
- that we alluded to
- with the type of erosion,
- 1573
- 01:20:11,535 --> 01:20:14,768
- uh, that we had was...
- 1574
- 01:20:14,770 --> 01:20:18,368
- [indistinct chatter]
- 1575
- 01:20:18,370 --> 01:20:20,602
- I understand what critically
- one means,
- 1576
- 01:20:20,604 --> 01:20:23,467
- it means it is important
- for safety and for flight.
- 1577
- 01:20:23,469 --> 01:20:25,869
- Is there a high...
- higher category than that?
- 1578
- 01:20:25,871 --> 01:20:28,668
- Let me go back just one moment
- to the Cook memorandum.
- 1579
- 01:20:28,670 --> 01:20:30,934
- He said, "I would think
- that any NASA budgets
- 1580
- 01:20:30,936 --> 01:20:33,933
- submitted this year
- for fiscal year 1987,
- 1581
- 01:20:33,935 --> 01:20:36,634
- should certainly be based
- on a reliable judgement."
- 1582
- 01:20:36,636 --> 01:20:37,734
- Just getting started.
- 1583
- 01:20:38,673 --> 01:20:40,367
- Anyone know you're here?
- 1584
- 01:20:40,369 --> 01:20:42,367
- I don't think anyone knows
- anyone is here.
- 1585
- 01:20:45,268 --> 01:20:48,902
- Is there any internal
- correspondence
- 1586
- 01:20:48,904 --> 01:20:51,569
- on potential concern
- 1587
- 01:20:51,571 --> 01:20:56,633
- over the operation
- of the O-rings or the joints?
- 1588
- 01:20:56,635 --> 01:20:59,769
- We can ask Jim who works
- for the contractor that built
- 1589
- 01:20:59,771 --> 01:21:02,202
- the Solid Rocket Boosters,
- if they have anything.
- 1590
- 01:21:03,772 --> 01:21:06,937
- I believe there's some test data
- in progress now.
- 1591
- 01:21:06,939 --> 01:21:08,034
- Some from before,
- 1592
- 01:21:08,036 --> 01:21:11,633
- that, uh, speaks to
- the resiliency of the O-rings.
- 1593
- 01:21:13,368 --> 01:21:14,602
- There were some discussions
- 1594
- 01:21:14,604 --> 01:21:17,236
- the night before the launch,
- correct?
- 1595
- 01:21:17,238 --> 01:21:20,301
- Between you and the people
- at contractors company?
- 1596
- 01:21:20,771 --> 01:21:21,901
- Yes, sir.
- 1597
- 01:21:21,903 --> 01:21:24,233
- As a matter of routine,
- 1598
- 01:21:24,235 --> 01:21:27,266
- we ask our technical people,
- contractors,
- 1599
- 01:21:28,306 --> 01:21:30,268
- if there are any concerns.
- 1600
- 01:21:30,270 --> 01:21:32,468
- And the only concerns
- that they pointed out
- 1601
- 01:21:32,470 --> 01:21:36,535
- were the recovery battery,
- um, temperatures.
- 1602
- 01:21:36,537 --> 01:21:37,703
- And those are located
- on the forward end...
- 1603
- 01:21:37,705 --> 01:21:38,769
- No!
- 1604
- 01:21:38,771 --> 01:21:42,536
- ...of the Solid Rocket Boosters.
- 1605
- 01:21:42,538 --> 01:21:47,435
- Did you discuss anything with
- the contractors or engineers?
- 1606
- 01:21:47,437 --> 01:21:53,468
- They presented to us the fact
- that the lowest temperature
- 1607
- 01:21:53,470 --> 01:21:58,901
- that we had flown an O-ring
- or a case joint was 53 degrees,
- 1608
- 01:21:58,903 --> 01:22:01,803
- and they wanted to point out
- 1609
- 01:22:01,805 --> 01:22:05,769
- that we would be outside
- our experience base.
- 1610
- 01:22:06,805 --> 01:22:07,937
- Okay.
- 1611
- 01:22:07,939 --> 01:22:11,968
- I'm asking because we read
- in the New York Times
- 1612
- 01:22:11,970 --> 01:22:14,434
- about memos to NASA
- 1613
- 01:22:14,436 --> 01:22:18,871
- expressing concern
- about erosion of the O-rings.
- 1614
- 01:22:18,873 --> 01:22:22,304
- Are there any documents
- expressing concern
- 1615
- 01:22:22,306 --> 01:22:24,237
- about the temperature
- that morning?
- 1616
- 01:22:26,972 --> 01:22:30,201
- I'm not aware
- of any such documents.
- 1617
- 01:22:35,571 --> 01:22:39,336
- I will go back and...
- and look, go to my files
- 1618
- 01:22:40,237 --> 01:22:41,534
- to see if there are any.
- 1619
- 01:22:44,504 --> 01:22:45,702
- Seriously?
- 1620
- 01:22:45,704 --> 01:22:46,903
- Guys.
- 1621
- 01:22:46,905 --> 01:22:48,266
- Liars!
- 1622
- 01:22:48,268 --> 01:22:49,835
- Shh!
- 1623
- 01:22:49,837 --> 01:22:51,135
- I can't believe this.
- 1624
- 01:22:53,569 --> 01:22:55,735
- Someone has to say something.
- 1625
- 01:22:55,737 --> 01:22:57,402
- Please, the media is here.
- 1626
- 01:22:57,404 --> 01:22:58,434
- So what?
- 1627
- 01:23:02,671 --> 01:23:03,937
- What are you doing?
- 1628
- 01:23:03,939 --> 01:23:05,235
- Please put your hand down.
- 1629
- 01:23:05,237 --> 01:23:06,533
- I can't let it
- go down like this.
- 1630
- 01:23:07,538 --> 01:23:08,870
- That's not working.
- 1631
- 01:23:08,872 --> 01:23:10,136
- Shh.
- 1632
- 01:23:12,704 --> 01:23:14,603
- - There you go.
- - Shh!
- 1633
- 01:23:14,605 --> 01:23:16,835
- Oh, stop it, you.
- Go interrupt them.
- 1634
- 01:23:16,837 --> 01:23:19,736
- [man #2] ...now, we don't know
- if he did anything about this.
- 1635
- 01:23:19,738 --> 01:23:21,269
- - I'm not doing this.
- - Go!
- 1636
- 01:23:24,604 --> 01:23:28,603
- We... we are all seeing this
- really for the first time.
- 1637
- 01:23:28,605 --> 01:23:30,802
- I guess we saw it
- in the newspaper...
- 1638
- 01:23:30,804 --> 01:23:33,668
- I'd like to say about the
- meeting you're talking about...
- 1639
- 01:23:33,670 --> 01:23:34,670
- earlier.
- 1640
- 01:23:34,672 --> 01:23:37,237
- [Dr. Ride] Am I correct
- in assuming that, uh,
- 1641
- 01:23:37,239 --> 01:23:40,570
- what you described that in
- the normal chain of authority,
- 1642
- 01:23:40,572 --> 01:23:42,736
- neither Mr. Cook
- nor Mr. Mann....
- 1643
- 01:23:42,738 --> 01:23:45,403
- I'd like to say something
- about the meeting
- 1644
- 01:23:45,405 --> 01:23:46,667
- you were talking about.
- 1645
- 01:23:47,938 --> 01:23:51,571
- [Jim] Hey, hey,
- hold on a second, um...
- 1646
- 01:23:51,573 --> 01:23:54,569
- I believe Jim Whitt
- will have something to add.
- 1647
- 01:23:55,871 --> 01:23:57,771
- Yes, I'd like to say
- about the meeting...
- 1648
- 01:23:57,773 --> 01:23:59,536
- [Rogers] Excuse me, excuse me.
- 1649
- 01:23:59,538 --> 01:24:00,800
- Can... can you say that
- a little louder
- 1650
- 01:24:00,802 --> 01:24:02,301
- where everyone can hear you?
- 1651
- 01:24:03,672 --> 01:24:05,572
- [clears throat]
- 1652
- 01:24:05,574 --> 01:24:07,969
- I'd like to say
- about the meeting
- 1653
- 01:24:07,971 --> 01:24:10,304
- you were talking about earlier.
- 1654
- 01:24:10,306 --> 01:24:12,570
- The meeting was called by us,
- the engineers.
- 1655
- 01:24:14,574 --> 01:24:17,702
- And we tied in Marshal Space
- Flight Center
- 1656
- 01:24:17,704 --> 01:24:18,802
- in Huntsville, Alabama,
- 1657
- 01:24:18,804 --> 01:24:21,836
- and Kennedy Space Center
- in Cape Canaveral, Florida,
- 1658
- 01:24:21,838 --> 01:24:24,870
- to let them know our concerns
- about the colder temperatures,
- 1659
- 01:24:24,872 --> 01:24:27,572
- and that our recommendation
- was not to launch.
- 1660
- 01:24:27,574 --> 01:24:29,571
- [clamoring]
- 1661
- 01:24:35,871 --> 01:24:37,904
- If what I'm hearing is true
- 1662
- 01:24:37,906 --> 01:24:41,404
- this could be in litigation
- for years.
- 1663
- 01:24:41,406 --> 01:24:45,472
- We initially told them
- not to launch below 53 degrees.
- 1664
- 01:24:45,474 --> 01:24:47,404
- We were convinced the seals
- were compromised
- 1665
- 01:24:47,406 --> 01:24:50,406
- the lower the temperature got.
- 1666
- 01:24:50,408 --> 01:24:53,638
- We were moving away
- from the direction of goodness.
- 1667
- 01:24:53,640 --> 01:24:56,238
- You never changed your minds
- about launching?
- 1668
- 01:24:56,240 --> 01:24:57,335
- No, sir.
- 1669
- 01:24:57,337 --> 01:24:58,403
- I was in Kennedy,
- 1670
- 01:24:58,405 --> 01:25:04,270
- and after Adam and Bill
- expressed their concerns,
- 1671
- 01:25:04,272 --> 01:25:07,839
- our company in Utah
- had a private caucus
- 1672
- 01:25:07,841 --> 01:25:09,305
- and changed their minds.
- 1673
- 01:25:10,406 --> 01:25:11,469
- [Rogers]
- You work for that company?
- 1674
- 01:25:11,471 --> 01:25:12,837
- Yes, sir.
- 1675
- 01:25:12,839 --> 01:25:15,637
- So you had data and concerns,
- 1676
- 01:25:15,639 --> 01:25:17,670
- then changed your mind
- based on what?
- 1677
- 01:25:19,905 --> 01:25:21,371
- You'd have to ask them in Utah,
- 1678
- 01:25:21,373 --> 01:25:23,971
- I was not a part
- of the private meeting
- 1679
- 01:25:23,973 --> 01:25:26,303
- to reevaluate the data.
- 1680
- 01:25:26,305 --> 01:25:27,669
- Were you gentlemen there
- in Utah?
- 1681
- 01:25:28,572 --> 01:25:30,271
- - Yes, sir.
- - Yes, sir.
- 1682
- 01:25:30,273 --> 01:25:34,537
- Did the reevaluation of the data
- factor into proceeding to fly?
- 1683
- 01:25:34,539 --> 01:25:35,669
- Yes, sir.
- 1684
- 01:25:37,471 --> 01:25:39,270
- [Rogers]
- Why did you decide to fly?
- 1685
- 01:25:39,272 --> 01:25:41,505
- - We didn't decide to fly.
- - We didn't decide to fly.
- 1686
- 01:25:41,507 --> 01:25:42,969
- [Rogers] Well, someone did.
- 1687
- 01:25:42,971 --> 01:25:45,771
- The gentlemen just said
- that the private meeting
- 1688
- 01:25:45,773 --> 01:25:48,835
- resulted in changing
- the recommendation to launch.
- 1689
- 01:25:48,837 --> 01:25:51,705
- And now you're saying
- you did not?
- 1690
- 01:25:51,707 --> 01:25:54,304
- Nelson, did their company
- recommend a launch?
- 1691
- 01:25:54,306 --> 01:25:55,369
- Yes, sir.
- 1692
- 01:25:56,672 --> 01:25:58,136
- [Rogers]
- So who changed their mind?
- 1693
- 01:26:01,940 --> 01:26:05,903
- Bill and I are O-ring experts
- and the recommendation
- 1694
- 01:26:05,905 --> 01:26:08,704
- to launch win
- against our recommendation.
- 1695
- 01:26:09,704 --> 01:26:12,936
- We faxed over a lot of documents
- 1696
- 01:26:12,938 --> 01:26:16,870
- and our official engineering
- perspective to not launch.
- 1697
- 01:26:18,472 --> 01:26:21,235
- NASA put pressure
- on our leadership,
- 1698
- 01:26:21,237 --> 01:26:25,506
- our boss conveyed a meeting
- with everyone in Utah,
- 1699
- 01:26:25,508 --> 01:26:27,272
- and they decided to launch.
- 1700
- 01:26:29,305 --> 01:26:30,571
- [Rogers]
- Did you change your mind?
- 1701
- 01:26:30,573 --> 01:26:32,335
- No, sir. Never.
- 1702
- 01:26:32,337 --> 01:26:33,803
- [Rogers] How about you?
- 1703
- 01:26:33,805 --> 01:26:35,303
- No, sir.
- 1704
- 01:26:35,305 --> 01:26:36,471
- [Rogers] And you?
- 1705
- 01:26:36,473 --> 01:26:39,405
- No. In fact, they faxed over
- a document
- 1706
- 01:26:39,407 --> 01:26:40,771
- and tried to get me to sign it,
- 1707
- 01:26:40,773 --> 01:26:43,238
- recommending we fly
- and I refused.
- 1708
- 01:26:47,673 --> 01:26:49,537
- What were your initial findings?
- 1709
- 01:26:49,539 --> 01:26:52,371
- When we tested
- at the lower temperatures,
- 1710
- 01:26:52,373 --> 01:26:54,769
- we... we saw that it took...
- 1711
- 01:26:54,771 --> 01:26:58,301
- Can you quantify how poorly
- this is going for you?
- 1712
- 01:27:00,704 --> 01:27:03,538
- Not as poorly as it's gonna go
- for the guy
- 1713
- 01:27:03,540 --> 01:27:06,205
- who throws his own company
- under the bus.
- 1714
- 01:27:08,340 --> 01:27:10,571
- Maybe you ought to get
- a handle on that.
- 1715
- 01:27:14,674 --> 01:27:15,873
- [Rogers] Mr. Nelson?
- 1716
- 01:27:15,875 --> 01:27:17,637
- I'd like to see
- the signed document
- 1717
- 01:27:17,639 --> 01:27:18,805
- that recommends to launch.
- 1718
- 01:27:18,807 --> 01:27:21,439
- Yes, sir.
- I have the signed document
- 1719
- 01:27:21,441 --> 01:27:24,438
- from the contracting company
- that recommends to launch.
- 1720
- 01:27:26,408 --> 01:27:28,405
- [somber music]
- 1721
- 01:27:52,540 --> 01:27:54,238
- [lawyer] What did we all
- talked about earlier?
- 1722
- 01:27:54,240 --> 01:27:56,737
- If you're asked a question,
- you say what?
- 1723
- 01:27:56,739 --> 01:27:58,839
- - Yes, no, and what?
- - [all mumbling]
- 1724
- 01:27:58,841 --> 01:28:00,639
- And what did I hear?
- 1725
- 01:28:00,641 --> 01:28:02,639
- [indistinct chatter]
- 1726
- 01:28:08,272 --> 01:28:11,338
- [Nelson] We're the company guys,
- we're going to work tomorrow.
- 1727
- 01:28:11,340 --> 01:28:12,806
- I just wanted you to know,
- 1728
- 01:28:12,808 --> 01:28:16,504
- what you men did in there today
- was incredibly brave.
- 1729
- 01:28:16,506 --> 01:28:17,905
- Thank you.
- 1730
- 01:28:17,907 --> 01:28:19,736
- I hope you know
- that there are laws
- 1731
- 01:28:19,738 --> 01:28:22,538
- to protect you
- against any retaliation
- 1732
- 01:28:22,540 --> 01:28:24,936
- for what you have said
- here today.
- 1733
- 01:28:24,938 --> 01:28:27,237
- We'll see.
- 1734
- 01:28:27,239 --> 01:28:29,607
- Is anything gonna happen
- to these guys?
- 1735
- 01:28:29,609 --> 01:28:33,338
- We are here to learn
- and to make recommendations
- 1736
- 01:28:33,340 --> 01:28:35,870
- to the President
- and then he will decide.
- 1737
- 01:28:35,872 --> 01:28:38,572
- [Dr. Ride]
- I think the best thing to do
- 1738
- 01:28:38,574 --> 01:28:40,238
- is to simply keep telling
- the truth.
- 1739
- 01:28:40,909 --> 01:28:41,906
- [Bill] Yes, ma'am.
- 1740
- 01:28:44,873 --> 01:28:46,871
- [dramatic music]
- 1741
- 01:28:57,608 --> 01:28:59,606
- [somber music]
- 1742
- 01:29:21,506 --> 01:29:22,736
- I'm not hungry anymore.
- 1743
- 01:29:24,942 --> 01:29:26,273
- He'll come around.
- 1744
- 01:29:29,240 --> 01:29:30,303
- No, he won't.
- 1745
- 01:29:31,806 --> 01:29:33,339
- - [Finch] Adam.
- - [Adam] Yeah.
- 1746
- 01:29:33,341 --> 01:29:38,305
- I just wanted to ask you,
- um, we have no proof.
- 1747
- 01:29:38,307 --> 01:29:41,840
- You don't have any money
- to afford a team like this.
- 1748
- 01:29:41,842 --> 01:29:44,471
- And I can already see
- it's an unwinnable case.
- 1749
- 01:29:44,473 --> 01:29:46,838
- So what's the real reason
- you wanna do this?
- 1750
- 01:29:48,972 --> 01:29:50,704
- No one was prosecuted.
- 1751
- 01:29:52,342 --> 01:29:54,538
- No one lost their jobs
- except for the people
- 1752
- 01:29:54,540 --> 01:29:56,371
- who were trying to do
- the right thing.
- 1753
- 01:29:58,241 --> 01:30:01,941
- [Adam] And now, seven
- of society's finest are dead.
- 1754
- 01:30:01,943 --> 01:30:03,473
- And they're gonna stay dead.
- 1755
- 01:30:04,710 --> 01:30:06,371
- Don't you think we need
- to try something?
- 1756
- 01:30:06,373 --> 01:30:08,205
- I do.
- 1757
- 01:30:08,207 --> 01:30:11,304
- But it's just going to wind up
- being a stunt
- 1758
- 01:30:11,306 --> 01:30:12,972
- to try the case in public,
- 1759
- 01:30:12,974 --> 01:30:15,241
- and give them a black eye
- in the news
- 1760
- 01:30:15,243 --> 01:30:16,240
- for a couple of days.
- 1761
- 01:30:18,676 --> 01:30:20,473
- I can live with that.
- 1762
- 01:30:20,475 --> 01:30:23,572
- You do know beating up
- the bully won't bring you peace.
- 1763
- 01:30:25,308 --> 01:30:26,838
- Maybe it'll bring justice.
- 1764
- 01:30:29,508 --> 01:30:31,506
- Have you ever gotten
- either one that way?
- 1765
- 01:30:35,409 --> 01:30:37,407
- [somber music]
- 1766
- 01:30:48,441 --> 01:30:50,440
- I don't care
- what you have to say.
- 1767
- 01:30:58,207 --> 01:31:00,205
- [somber music]
- 1768
- 01:31:31,709 --> 01:31:34,241
- I am an O-ring expert.
- 1769
- 01:31:34,243 --> 01:31:35,805
- I worked for the company
- that built
- 1770
- 01:31:35,807 --> 01:31:37,307
- the Solid Rocket Boosters
- 1771
- 01:31:37,309 --> 01:31:39,608
- for the Space Shuttle
- Challenger.
- 1772
- 01:31:39,610 --> 01:31:43,273
- And the decision to launch
- went against our recommendation.
- 1773
- 01:31:47,540 --> 01:31:49,239
- But I guess you knew
- that already, huh?
- 1774
- 01:31:54,340 --> 01:31:57,337
- I wanna ask you, how many of you
- are planning to be engineers?
- 1775
- 01:32:01,310 --> 01:32:04,472
- Everyone. Okay.
- 1776
- 01:32:05,376 --> 01:32:06,373
- That's great.
- 1777
- 01:32:07,877 --> 01:32:10,208
- Really, that is...
- that is great.
- 1778
- 01:32:13,677 --> 01:32:14,973
- You know, what... what I think
- 1779
- 01:32:14,975 --> 01:32:16,541
- I want to talk to you
- about today
- 1780
- 01:32:16,543 --> 01:32:20,639
- is about the value
- of the human life.
- 1781
- 01:32:20,641 --> 01:32:24,808
- [Adam] Because all of you
- are gonna go on to build roads,
- 1782
- 01:32:24,810 --> 01:32:32,373
- bridges, toys, cars, rockets,
- homes, whatever.
- 1783
- 01:32:32,375 --> 01:32:35,572
- Whatever it is, an engineer
- thinks it and makes it.
- 1784
- 01:32:46,977 --> 01:32:50,440
- - [Charis] Hi, dad.
- - Hey, kids. Hi, girls.
- 1785
- 01:32:50,442 --> 01:32:52,840
- - Hey. We'll be back later.
- - Hi.
- 1786
- 01:33:18,241 --> 01:33:20,639
- [breathes heavily]
- 1787
- 01:33:24,275 --> 01:33:27,606
- [Adam]
- But I just want you to remember
- 1788
- 01:33:27,608 --> 01:33:29,906
- to see the people
- on the other side
- 1789
- 01:33:29,908 --> 01:33:32,972
- of whatever it is that you make.
- 1790
- 01:33:32,974 --> 01:33:35,772
- And also remember
- the people you made it with.
- 1791
- 01:33:36,442 --> 01:33:37,440
- Yeah?
- 1792
- 01:33:54,645 --> 01:33:56,642
- [somber music]
- 1793
- 01:34:35,493 --> 01:34:40,493
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