The Challenger

The Challenger

The Challenger (US title: The Challenger Disaster) is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The film is a BBC/ Science Channel/ Open University production, and it premiered on 12 May 2013 on BBC2. It is based on two books: Feynman, Richard; Feynman, Gweneth; Leighton, Ralph (1988). What Do You Care What Other People Think?. W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-02659-0. McDonald, Allan J; Hansen, James R. Truth, Lies and O-Rings. ISBN 978-0813041933. The film follows Feynman (William Hurt) as he attempts to expose the truth in the disaster. It aired in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel on November 16, 2013 at 9pm.

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Rogers:
The other commissioners are just being respectful.

Richard Feynman:
And you're saying I'm not? You understand the implications of the oxygen being activated? I do. The astronauts had to do that themselves. Which means they were ALIVE for at least some of those two minutes and thirty six seconds before they slammed into the ocean. Mr Rogers I'm an atheist, I personally doubt they're touching the face of God so I prefer to show my respect by finding the CAUSE of their appalling deaths and not stand around looking sad.

Richard Feynman:
What is science? Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, in as much as anything can be known because nothing is known absolutely.

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