Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

by Adam Higginbotham

The two managers began shouting at each other until, at last, the NASA official ended the argument. “You are the contractor,” he said. “You do as you’re told. Period.”

“The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives,” he said. “We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.”