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The Thirty-One‑Month Deadline That Forced Discovery to Fly on Time
A NASA engineer races a thirty-one-month clock after Challenger - did Discovery launch in time?
The Thirty-One‑Month Deadline That Forced Discovery to Fly on Time
In this episode, we follow Richard Truly’s path from naval aviator to the NASA leader tasked with returning the shuttle to flight after Challenger. The episode covers the technical fixes, management choices, and the ticking thirty-one-month timetable that governed every decision - did they meet that deadline?
Person: Richard Harrison Truly
Event: Challenger accident and shuttle return-to-flight
Date: January 28, 1986; September 29…
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