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2 Feb 2003, 6:52 pm
Smith settled with Morton Thiokol but not with the Government. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 9:00 am
The engineers at Morton Thiokol noted problems with O-rings in 7 of the past 24 shuttle launches and noted a connection between low temperatures and O-ring problems. [read post]
11 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
The investigation by a presidential commission revealed a horrible fact: the night before the accident, worried operators in one of NASA’s contractors, Morton Thiokol, frantically warned that launching in the cold weather predicted for the next morning could cause the seals in the vehicle’s solid-rocket motors to fail, with disastrous results. [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 1:50 pm
And of course after the Challenger loss, families sued rocket manufacturer Morton Thiokol, settling for approximately $1 million each -- and yes, federal taxpayers ponied up for part of that.For a more analysis of the Columbia acident legal issues, see this CRS report, Liability Issues Associated with the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster, Feb. 12, 2003.In the end, NASA appeared to have handled itself with grace vis-a-vis the grieving families. [read post]
1 May 2010, 1:16 pm
When Allan McDonald and Roger Boisjoly, engineers at Morton Thiokol, testified about serious problems with the space shuttle Challenger, company management transferred the two men to menial jobs. [read post]
