Truth, lies, and o-rings: inside the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Review

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Truth, lies, and o-rings: inside the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Review"Truth, Lies, and O-Rings" is a fascinating look into the tragic space shuttle Challenger explosion, as seen from the perspective of Allan McDonald, the lead manager for Morton Thiokol (manufacturers of the Solid Rocket Boosters) stationed at NASA in 1986. I should mention that this excellent book was brought to my attention by my Great Uncle (also mentioned briefly in the book) who also worked for Morton Thiokol at the same time as Mr. McDonald.
While there have been other attempts to document and even dramatize the events that lead up to the disastrous decision to launch the shuttle at a temperature far below the engineering recommended minimum safe value, this one is the first that gave me the feeling that we were seeing the whole story from someone who was deeply involved before, during, and after.
This is told purely from Mr. McDonald's point of view and it is an impressively detailed, yet easy to follow, accounting of what turns out to be case studies on flawed management decision making, responsible corporate employee behavior, and even a bit on ugly political opportunism. The technical aspects are there but the main focus is on the fallout to the space program, Moron Thiokol, the Solid Rocket Booster program, and the senate hearings, all of which Mr. DcDonald played a key roll in and documented in extraordinary detail (we learn that besides being a manager and engineer, he also had some Legal training).
An interesting note, this exact failure in the management chain and NASA's vendor bullying were given as examples in a management training class I took in in the mid-1990s. The lessons that really needed to be learned are that all of the management pressure in the world can not change the laws of physics and that it needs to always be unacceptable to take risks with people's lives to stay on a schedule\budget.
This is a great book for those entering engineering and management fields, as well as for the space enthusiast. My copy of has already been borrowed by an engineer friend and I am sending another to my nephew, an engineering student who wants to work at NASA.
Highly Recommended! Note: I read this version Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
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