• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    There’s speculation that Reagan was the impetus behind the “go fever” that caused the Challenger disaster. The idea is that he wanted to have a live uplink to Challenger during his State of the Union, and that his desire to use them as props was why NASA was in such an all-fired hurry to launch no matter the consequences.

    No idea how grounded in reality the speculation is, but it tracks for Reagan.