A few days after the Challenger accident, on a Friday, I got a call from William Graham, who was the acting director of NASA. Mr. Graham had been a student of mine—at Caltech, and also at the Hughes Aircraft Company, where I gave a series of lectures—and thought maybe I would be of some use to the investigation. When I heard it would be in Washington, my immediate reaction was not to do it. I have a principle of not going anywhere near Washington or having anything to do with government.

Topics
Aircraft, Education, Lectures, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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© 1988 American Institute of Physics.
1988
American Institute of Physics