The Physicist Vs. the Bureaucrats: Richard Feynman Testifies Before Congress About the Challenger Disaster

After the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in January 1986, killing its seven crew members, President Reagan appointed a commission to investigate.
Richard Feynman, already battling cancer and reluctant to join, accepted because a former student asked.
He quickly grew… pic.twitter.com/3EytNZIMcE

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