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The Challenger and Asbestos Putty: So, why is this Even an Issue Worth Discussing? Chapter 2.

This Blog is Chapter 2 in our discussion on the January 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Chapter 1 was the most widely viewed Blog since I began blogging in December 2020 and I appreciate the feedback and comments. Given the passage of time, you may be wondering why the putty is even an issue…
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Fireside Chat: Let’s talk Asbestos. Let’s talk the Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion. Let’s talk both. Lesson No. 1

The Space Shuttle Challenger explosion was so grievous that many of us remember our exact location on January 28, 1986 at 11:38 a.m. EST; for me, that was in a restaurant next to the Union Bank Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan with a bunch of the attorneys watching the launch on a big screen television.…
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