It took four months before he was even able to sit down with his wife to talk about what he was feeling. His anger was focused on his boss, himself, and then with the whole NASA system—for failing to speak up or do something to prevent the accident. “We were focused on the only job we had, which was to make sure that the vehicle was safe to fly, and if something else happened out there with the operation itself, that wasn’t our problem,” Schumann said. “When you look at it in hindsight, what would it have taken for us to say something?”
