Roger Boisjoly, 1938-2012
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Roger Boisjoly, who warned against launching space shuttle Challenger before its its ill-fated 1986 liftoff, died on Jan. 6 after a battle with cancer. An aerospace engineer for Morton Thiokol (now ATK) at the time of the tragedy, Boisjoly served on a task force examining the effects of cold weather on the space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters. At first criticized for being a whistleblower, he was later awarded for his efforts and was sought as forensic engineering expert. Prior to his work on the shuttle’s boosters, Boisjoly helped develop life support systems for the Apollo lunar module and spacecraft.
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