PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE HEARING #1A, 2/25/86

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PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE HEARING #1A, 2/25/86

1986

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UNEDITED VIDEO REPORT: Participating Commission members Chairman William P. Rogers, Commission Executive Director Alton G. Keel,Jr., USAF Maj. Gen. Donald J. Kutyna, Vice-Chairman Neil A. Armstrong,Robert W.Rummel, Sally K. Ride. Chronology of events at Kennedy Space Center (KSC)on 27, 28 Jan 1986 regarding concerns about low temperatures. Testimony of Allan J. McDonald, solid rocket motor (SRM) project director,Morton Thiokol, Inc. McDonald testifies about his reasons for making recommendation not to launch, initial decision by Morton Thiokol engieers not to launch, reversal of that decision after Thiokol and NASA managers talked, and whether Thiokol had given NASA launch criteria with regard to temperature.

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