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[-] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 18 points 7 hours ago

That time fundamentalist Mormons almost got Big Bird killed.

Specifically, about how Morton Thiokol o-ring subcontractor HydraPak (originally Utah Tool & Die, later Western Precision, and now “NewEra Manufacturing” based in Cedar City, Utah), which made the o-rings of the Challenger that failed on 1986-01-28, killing the entire NASA crew, was started and run as a front operation for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) religious sect by its prophet Rulon Jeffs (father of currently imprisoned prophet Warren Jeffs) as Utah Tool & Die. For more details, read the book Prophet’s Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints by Sam Brower.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

Holy shit, Warren Jeff’s father?! Dude, America has some fucked up families.

[-] MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Was it really them or administrators ignoring the warnings about o-rings and freezing? I mean a non-freezing o-ring would be nice.

[-] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago

All but two people (whose names escape me) through the rings would be fine.

[-] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

They are called Big Bird and The Count I believe.

I guess not everyone grew up on Sesame Street.

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