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Podcast: Coaching for Leaders - Talent Management | Leaders
Episode: 229R: Find Courage to Speak When It Matters Most, with Allan McDonald
Description: Allan McDonald: Truth, Lies, and O-Rings
Allan J. McDonald retired as vice president and technical director for advanced technology programs at ATK Thiokol Propulsion in 2001. He was the director of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project at the time of the Challenger accident and, later, vice president of engineering for space operations during the redesign and requalification of the solid rocket motors. Al passed away in 2021.
Al was the one person who officially refused to sign off on Challenger's launch on January 28, 1986. His concerns for the launch conditions were ultimately overridden by his boss. He would eventually testify to...