Mini-review: “Challenger: The Final Flight” (2020)

I just binged “Challenger: The Final Flight” on Netflix. I wanted to start with the first and see the rest in the course of a few days, but I just couldn’t stop. Even when you know the story, it’s just harrowing to see there were so many opportunities to prevent this tragedy, and the ones who tried were powerless to do it…

As one review said, an actual miniseries (i.e. with actors rather than a doco) would make for an excellent counterpoint to HBO’s “Chernobyl”. A combination of cutting edge technology and hubris, and smart investigators who smell through the BS to nail the real culprits behind the disaster…

I liked that it really explored the general political context at the time, not just NASA’s internal management, and that it went in depth into who each of the crew was, instead of focusing on McAuliffe. I found it to be pretty good, and very emotional at times.

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