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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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Because maybe the problem
wasn't with their understanding. - The Challenger Disaster

Because maybe the problem wasn't with their understandi...

So how exactly
did you maneuver yourself - The Challenger Disaster

So how exactly did you maneuver yourself

How do we get the Cape
on the phone - The Challenger Disaster

How do we get the Cape on the phone

Why don't we just take Frank
to the recovery facility? - The Challenger Disaster

Why don't we just take Frank to the recovery facility?

And then you just go ahead
and think of a way to break off - The Challenger Disaster

And then you just go ahead and think of a way to break off

Does fluorocarbon elastomer
work better or worse - The Challenger Disaster

Does fluorocarbon elastomer work better or worse

It's the seal. And no,
rubber-like substances - The Challenger Disaster

It's the seal. And no, rubber-like substances

Exactly, cold rubber
doesn't seal as well. - The Challenger Disaster

Exactly, cold rubber doesn't seal as well.

Help me understand why
you weren't taking the advice - The Challenger Disaster

Help me understand why you weren't taking the advice

You should be asking me why
didn't everyone take my advice. - The Challenger Disaster

You should be asking me why didn't everyone take my adv...

You're not going to convince me - The Challenger Disaster

You're not going to convince me

It may be uncomfortable, - The Challenger Disaster

It may be uncomfortable,

If the recovery boats come in, - The Challenger Disaster

If the recovery boats come in,

It means our rockets will
get lost in the Atlantic Ocean. - The Challenger Disaster

It means our rockets will get lost in the Atlantic Ocean.

Tell the recovery boats
to remain out at sea - The Challenger Disaster

Tell the recovery boats to remain out at sea

We need you to figure
the cost for your company - The Challenger Disaster

We need you to figure the cost for your company

If you want 24 launches
in a year, - The Challenger Disaster

If you want 24 launches in a year,

It's too windy for boats
to be on the water, - The Challenger Disaster

It's too windy for boats to be on the water,

We're trying to get
through this launch - The Challenger Disaster

We're trying to get through this launch

If the boats come back in now, - The Challenger Disaster

If the boats come back in now,

So, we're going to lose
a billion-dollar asset? - The Challenger Disaster

So, we're going to lose a billion-dollar asset?

What's he doing? Huh? Huh? - The Challenger Disaster

What's he doing? Huh? Huh?

This is Adam with the team that
built the Solid Rocket Boosters, - The Challenger Disaster

This is Adam with the team that built the Solid Rocket Boost...

Jim, you have about 30 seconds
to get Kurt on the phone - The Challenger Disaster

Jim, you have about 30 seconds to get Kurt on the phone

You better hurry. - The Challenger Disaster

You better hurry.

I don't know how to do that,
the girl that does the phones - The Challenger Disaster

I don't know how to do that, the girl that does the pho...

Just hit transfer, receiver,
then extension 304. - The Challenger Disaster

Just hit transfer, receiver, then extension 304.

It looks like I'm gonna to have
to single-handedly save - The Challenger Disaster

It looks like I'm gonna to have to single-handedly save

What good is a space program
that never launches into space? - The Challenger Disaster

What good is a space program that never launches into space?

Kurt. - The Challenger Disaster

Boats are being called back in
because of wind, - The Challenger Disaster

Boats are being called back in because of wind,

Yes, sir, uh, we could use
some management assistance - The Challenger Disaster

Yes, sir, uh, we could use some management assistance

And, Kurt,
I want to highly stress - The Challenger Disaster

And, Kurt, I want to highly stress

We're gonna get a meeting
with Kennedy Space Center - The Challenger Disaster

We're gonna get a meeting with Kennedy Space Center

We're gonna convince them - The Challenger Disaster

We're gonna convince them

We need those boats out there
and recover our rockets. - The Challenger Disaster

We need those boats out there and recover our rockets.

The temperature is outside
of our experience data, - The Challenger Disaster

The temperature is outside of our experience data,

Erosion means that the rubber
hose seal is being eaten away. - The Challenger Disaster

Erosion means that the rubber hose seal is being eaten away.

And it's the blowby that gets
worse at the lower temperatures. - The Challenger Disaster

And it's the blowby that gets worse at the lower temper...

The lower the temperature, - The Challenger Disaster

The lower the temperature,

The greater the blowby, - The Challenger Disaster

The greater the blowby,

We are going to argue
for a launch delay. - The Challenger Disaster

We are going to argue for a launch delay.

And we are all going to be
in agreement, Frank. - The Challenger Disaster

And we are all going to be in agreement, Frank.

Now NASA is pushing
for a launch, - The Challenger Disaster

Now NASA is pushing for a launch,

There is more at play here,
Adam, than the engineering. - The Challenger Disaster

There is more at play here, Adam, than the engineering.

The danged media
keeps pushing and pushing. - The Challenger Disaster

The danged media keeps pushing and pushing.

So much so that NASA
is staring down the barrel - The Challenger Disaster

So much so that NASA is staring down the barrel

Especially after the handle
and all the delays. - The Challenger Disaster

Especially after the handle and all the delays.

The Department of Defense
pays the bills, - The Challenger Disaster

The Department of Defense pays the bills,

And the DOD wants
what they paid for. - The Challenger Disaster

And the DOD wants what they paid for.

If they don't get
what they paid for, - The Challenger Disaster

If they don't get what they paid for,

Maybe NASA and the DOD - The Challenger Disaster

Maybe NASA and the DOD

You think it's an engineering
problem, but it's not. - The Challenger Disaster

You think it's an engineering problem, but it's no...

Yes, economics is a factor.
I thoroughly agree. - The Challenger Disaster

Yes, economics is a factor. I thoroughly agree.

The five of us believe - The Challenger Disaster

The five of us believe

If NASA's loss is not greater
than our loss of the rockets, - The Challenger Disaster

If NASA's loss is not greater than our loss of the rock...

However, if they are concerned
about the loss of their shuttle - The Challenger Disaster

However, if they are concerned about the loss of their shutt...

If we delay a few hours, - The Challenger Disaster

If we delay a few hours,

And our ships have a better shot
of recovering our SRBs, - The Challenger Disaster

And our ships have a better shot of recovering our SRBs,

Sir, let us put together
an argument. - The Challenger Disaster

Sir, let us put together an argument.

We want to help the company,
NASA, the DOD, everyone. - The Challenger Disaster

We want to help the company, NASA, the DOD, everyone.

You have exactly 45 minutes
to get a presentation together. - The Challenger Disaster

You have exactly 45 minutes to get a presentation together.

As soon as this sentence
is done, - The Challenger Disaster

As soon as this sentence is done,

Kurt, this is a complex
technical issue, - The Challenger Disaster

Kurt, this is a complex technical issue,

How are we supposed
to put together - The Challenger Disaster

How are we supposed to put together

Adam, NASA has never gone - The Challenger Disaster

Adam, NASA has never gone

Let's throw some stuff together
and get the launch delayed, - The Challenger Disaster

Let's throw some stuff together and get the launch dela...

If we do a halfway decent job,
we will be just fine. - The Challenger Disaster

If we do a halfway decent job, we will be just fine.

- That's right.
- Now I think you only care about - The Challenger Disaster

- That's right. - Now I think you only care about

Ed, you have to look past
the argument and the number - The Challenger Disaster

Ed, you have to look past the argument and the number

But I do know
he cares about this, - The Challenger Disaster

But I do know he cares about this,

And that's what I trust
and that's the truth. - The Challenger Disaster

And that's what I trust and that's the truth.

If we're wrong and we stop the
launch for no reason, we lose. - The Challenger Disaster

If we're wrong and we stop the launch for no reason, we...

If we're right and we stop
a launch, another launch, - The Challenger Disaster

If we're right and we stop a launch, another launch,

Because we are the only people
on the planet - The Challenger Disaster

Because we are the only people on the planet

Agreed. They are gonna want
a lot of statistics, - The Challenger Disaster

Agreed. They are gonna want a lot of statistics,

How do we make
a presentation to people - The Challenger Disaster

How do we make a presentation to people

It's 1986,
we are rocket scientists, - The Challenger Disaster

It's 1986, we are rocket scientists,

We have no time. Let's go
and get this table out here. - The Challenger Disaster

We have no time. Let's go and get this table out here.

Come on,
we need the erosion charts - The Challenger Disaster

Come on, we need the erosion charts

We need 51-A, 51, uh, G,
and 51-F. - The Challenger Disaster

We need 51-A, 51, uh, G, and 51-F.

"I" after "F." - The Challenger Disaster

Does anyone else find it funny - The Challenger Disaster

Does anyone else find it funny

Anyone have October
not 30th 1985? - The Challenger Disaster

Anyone have October not 30th 1985?

Hey, um, give me a hand
with these drawings, okay? - The Challenger Disaster

Hey, um, give me a hand with these drawings, okay?

As a matter of fact,
all of us need to throw - The Challenger Disaster

As a matter of fact, all of us need to throw

When you prepared
for the telecon meeting, - The Challenger Disaster

When you prepared for the telecon meeting,

Hello? - The Challenger Disaster

Oh, I got what I wanted, - The Challenger Disaster

Oh, I got what I wanted,

Yes. - The Challenger Disaster

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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