Bringing Columbia Home Quotes

“Pressure to keep on schedule had combined with a complacency brought about by so many past mission successes. The same conditions were present for Apollo 1 and Challenger. And once again, a crew would pay with their lives.”
― Michael D. Leinbach, Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

“One of the first incident commanders the Forest Service brought in was a man named George Custer, who administered the Nacogdoches camp. Understandably, many of the Native Americans wanted to have their picture taken with him.”
― Michael D. Leinbach, Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew