Part 2: An Inflamed Appendix; The Tenth Recommendation Summary and Analysis

An Inflamed Appendix

Richard writes up his findings thus far on what he has learned on the engines, temperature issues and booster rockets and forwards them in a report to the Commission. Richard visits Houston where he looks into the avionics aspect of the investigation. Richard questions the team members at Houston and finds good rapport exists between team and management. He does note that much of the hardware is outdated, and the software is developed in workarounds to cope with the dated hardware. Richard tries but fails to find any strong evidence of undue political pressure for launching the Challenger.

Richard participates in writing a portion of the final Commission report. His group's report focuses on "The Accident" and "The Cause of the Accident." Richard feels that not...