Alan N. Gent Files on the Panel on Technical Evaluation of NASA's Redesign of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, 1986-1989 1986-1989

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Alan N. Gent Files on the Panel on Technical Evaluation of NASA's Redesign of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, 1986-1989 1986-1989

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Dr. Alan N. Gent was Professor of Polymer Physics in the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. He was also a member of the Panel on Technical Evaluation of NASA's Redesign of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, which was assembled in the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The files include materials created and collected by Dr. Gent while serving on the panel including notes, articles, reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, graphs, and drawings relating to the panel and the Challenger disaster.

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