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Figure 4.1: An image of the solid rocket booster leaking fuel, seconds before the explosion. The small flame visible on the side of the rocket is the site of the O-ring failure. By NASA (Great Images in NASA Description) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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<p>The investigation found that many aspects of the NASA decision making process were flawed, and focused in particular on a meeting between NASA sta