Richard Feynman Solved The Challenger Mystery — In 30 Seconds

Richard Feynman Solved The Challenger Mystery — In 30 Seconds

January 28, 1986. 7 people dead in 73 seconds. NASA called it an accident. I knew they were lying. When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on live television, the world watched in horror. NASA promised it was a one-in-a-hundred-thousand chance. The real odds? One in fifty. Engineers had begged them not to launch. They were ignored.
I was 67 years old. I was dying of cancer. And I was not going to let a cover-up bury the truth about seven dead astronauts.
This is the story of how I took on NASA, exposed their lies on live television with a glass of ice water, and wrote the words they couldn't erase: "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

This is a dramatic retelling of real events, narrated in first person to bring Feynman's story to life. The voice is AI-generated and is not an imitation of Richard Feynman. All facts are sourced from historical records.

SOURCES:
• "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" by Richard Feynman (1988)
• Rogers Commission Report, including Appendix F (1986)
• "The Challenger Launch Decision" by Diane Vaughan (1996)
• NASA Historical Archives
• "Truth, Lies and O-Rings" by Allan J. McDonald (2009)

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 — The explosion
0:32 — A frozen morning at Kennedy Space Center
1:48 — Engineers warned them not to launch
2:28 — The Rogers Commission is formed
3:50 — Politics vs physics
4:56 — Sally Ride's secret document
6:54 — The ice water demonstration
8:39 — Appendix F: "Nature cannot be fooled"
9:05 — The lesson that still matters today

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