Challenger engineer Boisjoly tells story behind disaster at lecture series finale
Roger Boisjoly
Roger M. Boisjoly
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... Dr. Feynman was, in my opinion, the most personally and professionally objective member and I might add the ONLY fearless member concerning potential career damage. As a result, he was told not to talk to engineers like me but that did not deter him from finding out the truth.
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Morton Thiokol's Organization
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They convinced [Bod Lund] of the danger and secured his decision to recommend against flying. However, in the teleconference, under pressure from NASA and from Morton Thiokol management, he reversed himself and voted to fly.
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From the NY Times of 28 Jan 1988:
Engineer to Get Award For Warning on Shuttle
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An engineer who warned that it was dangerous to launch the space shuttle Challenger in cold weather only hours before the craft exploded has been named a winner of the Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ... His findings prompted Thiokol officials to recommend that the launching be delayed until the rockets warmed to 53 degrees. ... Thiokol management reversed itself after NASA objected, ... Hours later, the Challenger blew up.
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TheMercenary still routinely denies reality. It is called involuntary manslaughter - a total disregard for human life. It was only an accident where people remain in denial.