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Challenger

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
Book • 2024
This book provides a comprehensive and riveting history of the Challenger disaster, which occurred on January 28, 1986.

Higginbotham delves into the years leading up to the accident, detailing the ambitions, ingenuity, and political cynicism that undermined the space shuttle program.

The narrative follows the seven members of the doomed crew and the designers, engineers, and test pilots who struggled to get the first shuttle into space.

It highlights the ominous warning signs ignored by NASA, the investigation driven by leakers and whistleblowers, and the broader context of the space race and its impact on the NASA space program.

The book is a masterful blend of human drama and scientific detail, exposing the complex costs of innovation and the fatal compromises made in the pursuit of national prestige.

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as an incredibly detailed and gripping account of the Challenger accident.
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as a book he and
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both recently read, detailing the Challenger disaster.
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as a riveting book about the Challenger disaster.
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as her favorite 2024 nonfiction book; a thrilling account of the Challenger disaster.
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as the author of "Challenger," a book detailing the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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