Steven Molnar on Nostr: npub1g0tuf…3tvm4 npub1759yk…hng8s Is it true that the O-ring was faulty? My ...

npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 (npub1g0t…tvm4) npub1759ykvmvpq9fgg9dnd27fnufzcj7y5t2r4pq5sjwtj6wjkuy8lnqehng8s (npub1759…ng8s) Is it true that the O-ring was faulty? My memory is that the O-rings were not designed to work at the unusually low ambient temperature of launch day, and the decision to launch (despite an engineer's strenuous objections) was what was faulty. (And that decision was for the benefit of Reagan's State of the Union speech that evening.)