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The Challenger Disaster

Inspired by the true story. The night before the Challenger disaster in 1986, a hot headed engineer leads a desperate race against the clock to stop the launch and the subsequent cover up and whistleblowing.

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Nathan VonMinden

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Vision Makers

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https://thechallengerdisaster.com

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If not for a jammed up
door handle - The Challenger Disaster

If not for a jammed up door handle

Yes, sir. - The Challenger Disaster

There were a lot of factors
that contributed to this. - The Challenger Disaster

There were a lot of factors that contributed to this.

In 1986, the space program
was attempting to launch - The Challenger Disaster

In 1986, the space program was attempting to launch

We're really
gonna work on a spaceship - The Challenger Disaster

We're really gonna work on a spaceship

- Stop! Stop!
- The rocket is broken up - The Challenger Disaster

- Stop! Stop! - The rocket is broken up

Name-calling and bullying
accomplishes nothing. - The Challenger Disaster

Name-calling and bullying accomplishes nothing.

Let's go, let's go.
Five, four, three, two... - The Challenger Disaster

Let's go, let's go. Five, four, three, two...

Don't say "idiots." - The Challenger Disaster

Don't say "idiots."

Dad? - The Challenger Disaster

In our family,
we do what's right, okay? - The Challenger Disaster

In our family, we do what's right, okay?

But, suddenly everyone's
interested in space again. - The Challenger Disaster

But, suddenly everyone's interested in space again.

Everyone was glued
to their TVs, which meant... - The Challenger Disaster

Everyone was glued to their TVs, which meant...

Okay. But, uh, they're
expecting the temperatures - The Challenger Disaster

Okay. But, uh, they're expecting the temperatures

The Challenger launch
was postponed three times - The Challenger Disaster

The Challenger launch was postponed three times

They have a way of twisting
your words around - The Challenger Disaster

They have a way of twisting your words around

Would the other launches
have resulted in O-ring failures - The Challenger Disaster

Would the other launches have resulted in O-ring failures

You say one thing a little bit
different a year from now... - The Challenger Disaster

You say one thing a little bit different a year from now...

I guess the other launches
would have been fine. - The Challenger Disaster

I guess the other launches would have been fine.

Florida may be experiencing - The Challenger Disaster

Florida may be experiencing

And at around five o'clock,
we began to realize - The Challenger Disaster

And at around five o'clock, we began to realize

Listen to me,
I don't think you realize - The Challenger Disaster

Listen to me, I don't think you realize

The shuttle is scheduled
to launch in about 16 hours, - The Challenger Disaster

The shuttle is scheduled to launch in about 16 hours,

I'll check, uh, let me see... - The Challenger Disaster

I'll check, uh, let me see...

Okay, we'll get the guys
together, - The Challenger Disaster

Okay, we'll get the guys together,

No one has ever been righter - The Challenger Disaster

No one has ever been righter

Who do you want me to call?
You want me to call Reagan? - The Challenger Disaster

Who do you want me to call? You want me to call Reagan?

I know, but have the numbers
meant anything so far? - The Challenger Disaster

I know, but have the numbers meant anything so far?

So, how do we discuss
and convince? - The Challenger Disaster

So, how do we discuss and convince?

Uh, Carl, where in the bullpen? - The Challenger Disaster

Uh, Carl, where in the bullpen?

He has been going on
about this for a year, - The Challenger Disaster

He has been going on about this for a year,

The sooner this is over with, - The Challenger Disaster

The sooner this is over with,

Can somebody tell me
why I'm not at home - The Challenger Disaster

Can somebody tell me why I'm not at home

It's too cold to light up
a million pounds of rocket fuel? - The Challenger Disaster

It's too cold to light up a million pounds of rocket fu...

Let me ask you this, - The Challenger Disaster

Let me ask you this,

All we have to do
is take this memo, - The Challenger Disaster

All we have to do is take this memo,

You're like this pebble - The Challenger Disaster

You're like this pebble

And you're like the guy
that can't build a shopping cart - The Challenger Disaster

And you're like the guy that can't build a shoppin...

What's the coldest temperature
NASA has ever launched - The Challenger Disaster

What's the coldest temperature NASA has ever launched

One year ago minus three days,
third launch of Discovery, - The Challenger Disaster

One year ago minus three days, third launch of Discovery,

Hey, Frank,
what's the coldest temperature - The Challenger Disaster

Hey, Frank, what's the coldest temperature

Hey, Adam, do you get more - The Challenger Disaster

Hey, Adam, do you get more

Oh, so you did read it, - The Challenger Disaster

Oh, so you did read it,

You are trying to stop
this launch, - The Challenger Disaster

You are trying to stop this launch,

If there was a problem,
why didn't you stop the launch? - The Challenger Disaster

If there was a problem, why didn't you stop the launch?

We are just a very small cog
in a very big machine. - The Challenger Disaster

We are just a very small cog in a very big machine.

Seems pretty important. - The Challenger Disaster

Seems pretty important.

It is the most complex piece
of machinery in human history. - The Challenger Disaster

It is the most complex piece of machinery in human history.

The O-rings are just one piece
in a sea of pieces. - The Challenger Disaster

The O-rings are just one piece in a sea of pieces.

When we ship all the pieces
of our four-story rockets, - The Challenger Disaster

When we ship all the pieces of our four-story rockets,

And if our seals don't seal,
then everyone blows up and dies! - The Challenger Disaster

And if our seals don't seal, then everyone blows up and...

The problem is you can't prove - The Challenger Disaster

The problem is you can't prove

You want this guy making
decisions about your future? - The Challenger Disaster

You want this guy making decisions about your future?

And none of the other
shuttle launches got stopped. - The Challenger Disaster

And none of the other shuttle launches got stopped.

When we launched in 30 degrees? - The Challenger Disaster

When we launched in 30 degrees?

Guys, Adam here knows
that he cannot stop a launch - The Challenger Disaster

Guys, Adam here knows that he cannot stop a launch

And he also knows that
management is not going to stop - The Challenger Disaster

And he also knows that management is not going to stop

And Adam also knows
that he is just one guy. - The Challenger Disaster

And Adam also knows that he is just one guy.

I must say, I am unconvinced. - The Challenger Disaster

I must say, I am unconvinced.

I think... we should run
this up the chain - The Challenger Disaster

I think... we should run this up the chain

I may be unconvinced, - The Challenger Disaster

I may be unconvinced,

To do nothing at this point
would be a big mistake. - The Challenger Disaster

To do nothing at this point would be a big mistake.

Management might find
a replacement company to build - The Challenger Disaster

Management might find a replacement company to build

Oh, and also, our company, - The Challenger Disaster

Oh, and also, our company,

And don't you have a wife
and two kids - The Challenger Disaster

And don't you have a wife and two kids

Yeah, we have
all these problems, - The Challenger Disaster

Yeah, we have all these problems,

You don't have the first clue
about what we did, - The Challenger Disaster

You don't have the first clue about what we did,

Yeah, ever since this happened - The Challenger Disaster

Yeah, ever since this happened

And I know that you care deeply
about the space program, - The Challenger Disaster

And I know that you care deeply about the space program,

He's defensive, rude,
and difficult to deal with. - The Challenger Disaster

He's defensive, rude, and difficult to deal with.

Look, what we can't do
is turn on each other. - The Challenger Disaster

Look, what we can't do is turn on each other.

I mean, yeah, let's get it
all out in here where it's safe. - The Challenger Disaster

I mean, yeah, let's get it all out in here where it...

But out there,
we have to stick together. - The Challenger Disaster

But out there, we have to stick together.

No. Nobody is advocating lying. - The Challenger Disaster

No. Nobody is advocating lying.

Going back
to our previous conversation, - The Challenger Disaster

Going back to our previous conversation,

If we go to the boss like this,
we'll get nowhere. - The Challenger Disaster

If we go to the boss like this, we'll get nowhere.

I thought we would have
a brief, calm conversation, - The Challenger Disaster

I thought we would have a brief, calm conversation,

Why do we need to take a problem - The Challenger Disaster

Why do we need to take a problem

And as soon as we get up there, - The Challenger Disaster

And as soon as we get up there,

Problem Review Board this - The Challenger Disaster

Problem Review Board this

Let's just see
how we're gonna grade - The Challenger Disaster

Let's just see how we're gonna grade

Get Jim on the phone,
get him on our side. - The Challenger Disaster

Get Jim on the phone, get him on our side.

And make it seem
like Cape Canaveral - The Challenger Disaster

And make it seem like Cape Canaveral

Jim can make everyone concerned
about the temperature. - The Challenger Disaster

Jim can make everyone concerned about the temperature.

- We are engineers. We're not...
- No. We're not engineers. - The Challenger Disaster

- We are engineers. We're not... - No. We're not e...

Well, thanks for the psychology
lesson, Professor. - The Challenger Disaster

Well, thanks for the psychology lesson, Professor.

Right now, I'm more interested
in rockets exploding. - The Challenger Disaster

Right now, I'm more interested in rockets exploding.

Did it ever occur to you
that your interpersonal skills - The Challenger Disaster

Did it ever occur to you that your interpersonal skills

Yeah, if that isn't the
understatement of a lifetime. - The Challenger Disaster

Yeah, if that isn't the understatement of a lifetime.

And I want to know
how you told them. - The Challenger Disaster

And I want to know how you told them.

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Inspired by the true story. The night before the Challenger disaster in 1986, a hot headed engineer leads a desperate race against the clock to stop the launch and the subsequent cover up and whistleblowing.

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Director: Nathan VonMinden

Writer: Nathan VonMinden

Production: Vision Makers

Genre: drama

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 25 Jan 2019

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://thechallengerdisaster.com