[Desdemona]

She then told me that in the company she started working for, she was in the department that manufactured and assembled the failed solid rocket booster.

It wasn't their fault. Those engineers were hung out to dry. As much as love all the technology and the space program and the ingenuity of the people who made it all work, at some point it must be recognized that the Challenger explosion was the result of a bad decision. It was NOT the engineers at Morton-Thyacol.

[avg_freeper]

It wasn't their fault. Those engineers were hung out to dry.

Yah, I figured as much. She was young and that probably ruined her career.

[ArrogantBustard]

It was NOT the engineers at Morton-Thyacol.

You mean the engineers who sent message after message to NASA, telling them not to launch? Absolutely!!! The fault lies with the @#$%&^*()* bureaucratic IDIOTS who ignored them. Sadly, such idiots have more or less taken over at NASA.