Four three two one and liftoff left off of the twenty fifth Space Shuttle mission
and it has cleared as the tower. Welcome to the WBZ Book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich. We all remember where we are on key dates in our
history, and one of them is January twenty eighth, nineteen eighty six,
when just seventy three seconds into its flight, the Space Shuttle Challenger came apart
and killed all seven aboard, including the New Hampshire school teacher Krista mccallaugh well.
The book Challenger, A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge
of Space by Adam Higginbotham is probably the most extensive historical look at what happened
to the Challenger, taking us through the years well before the disaster. The
heroism of the astronauts counterbalanced with huberous saving money at the expense of safety,
and those who kept quiet knowing the Shuttle could be doomed. Challenger, A
True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. The author Adam
Higginbotham, and that's the book Club, WBZ, Boston's news radio