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I watched the Challenger shuttle disaster from inside Mission Control - 40 years ago today

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Feed Name: ZDNet Security

Date Published: 2026-01-28

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

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A former NASA communications engineer reflects on witnessing the 1986 Challenger disaster and later Columbia tragedy, highlighting preventable technical and management failures, the limitations imposed by chronic underfunding, and the enduring risks inherent in human spaceflight; the piece contends that future progress beyond low Earth orbit will likely be driven by private space companies despite the inevitable costs.

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