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Not meaning to derail the thread, but ... What typo blew up the space shuttle? Challenger was lost when managers in a rush to launch overrode the recommendations of Thiokol engineers. Columbia was lost when a piece of insulation struck the leading edge of the left orbiter wing at launch and the risk to the shuttle was not recognized by those in charge.




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