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		syngrog66 on Dec 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Summary of the AWS Service Event in the Northern V... your story reminded me of the Challenger disaster and the "see no evil" bureaucratic shenanigans about the O-rings failing to seal in cold weather. "How dare you threaten our launch readiness go/no-go?!"

dawnbreez on Dec 11, 2021 [–]

Was Challenger the one where they buried the issue in a hundred-slide-long PowerPoint? Or was that the other shuttle?

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