Three Space Pioneers Die
Cancer has claimed three notable space pioneers. Roger Boisjoly died Jan. 6 in Nephi, Utah. He was 73. As an engineer at Morton Thiokol, he warned that cold weather could cause the O-rings, which sealed field joints in the space shuttle solid-fuel boosters, to fail. Six months later, the shuttle...
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