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It took a while for the fax to arrive, so all the parties in the meeting room stayed around the conference table. I told them I didn't feel very good about this launch recommendation. In fact, I soon made the direct statement, “If anything happens to this launch, I wouldn't want to be the person that has to stand in front of a Board of Inquiry to e
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To get everything simple took a lot of fussy work.
Charles E. Sorensen • My Forty Years With Ford (Great Lakes Books Series)
These actions reflect my concern about how the treatment of certain Morton Thiokol employees, particularly Mr. McDonald and Mr. Boisjoly, will adversely affect the future of the Space Shuttle program. Any failure to maintain an atmosphere of support for objective scientific inquiry and honest criticism will decrease safety at a time when improved s
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In any case, the Panama Canal was sure to be built one day, Flagler told Browne, while Plant’s imported symphony played and opera stars sang, and the nearest deep-water port in the United States was sure to have an enormous advantage. It soon became clear, Browne recalled, that Flagler was seeking Browne’s assistance in seeing that the existing gov
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