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Process - BD ⇒ Very Hands On
⇒ Large Prof Invest. Team(FBI,NTSB,FAA?,DOD)
⇒ AS BD for 1st Month
⇒ Panels only after knew root cause (~5-6 Weeks in)

Prof Writers ↔ Rogers → Very Clear view of end Prod
Student of comm rpts (Warren)
RPT ⇒ 5 vol     1 = RPT & 4 APP
2 = APP (incl Feynman)
    RPTS of Panels 
    Human Factors                                   
    Transcripts NASA RPT
                                            
W/In WK: SRB/JOINT
~2 WKS ⇒ Smoking Gun Launch Photo (PinPointed Location)
Hints of major issues to ENG, Safety, MGMT program
ENG: - DIDN'T UNDERSTAND DYNAMICS of JOINT
- HAD NOT DONE SOPHISTICATED ANALYSIS, or TESTING TO VALIDATE THEIR MODEL
- HAD NOT TESTED PERFORMANCE of JOINT OVER T SPEC'D TO
→ ENG KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM[WANTED TESTING]
- VARIOUS LEVELS of O-RING DAMAGE on 6 FLTS
-FLAGGED, ASSESSED, PASSED AS "OK TO FLY"
[[left margin]]CRIT1[[/left margin]]
NEVER ON SOLID ENG ANALYSIS
→ GOT TO BE "OH, SOOT ON O-RINGS AGAIN"