investigation is. of course. about the shuttlethe one that goes into space. not the steerageclass one that scurries between Boston. New York and Washington for Eastern Airlines. But even on the nonprofit space shuttle. there were pressures. The program was behind schedule. There had been criticism. The president was going to refer to the shuttle in his State of the Union message. Morton Thiokol Inc.. the maker of the rocket. was at the time negotiating a $1 billion NASA contract. A plucky and winning schoolteacher was being kept waiting. and. of course. space scientists. like anyone else. like to get on with it.
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