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Oct

2011

A Baker’s Dozen of Key Historical Books about the Space Shuttle | Roger Launius's Blog

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Jul

2011

Two photos, thirty years apart, move the Web | The Upshot - Yahoo! News

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Mar

2011

Challenger, 25 Years Later - James Fallows - National - The Atlantic

"In my mind, what makes the Challenger story so tragic isn't that there was a civilian teacher on board. It was the disconnect between what insiders knew at the time and what the public was being told, or sold. "

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But if the public thought the shuttles were safe, the shuttle commanders never had any such illusion. Every shuttle commander I've ever interviewed has underscored, vehemently, the uncertainty and risks shuttle flights entailed.