"Boisjoly" redirects here. For the Canadian artist, see Raymond Boisjoly.
Roger Boisjoly
Boisjoly testifying at the Rogers Commission panel in February 1986
Born
Roger Mark Boisjoly
(1938-04-25)April 25, 1938
Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
January 6, 2012(2012-01-06) (aged 73)
Nephi, Utah, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Known for
Attempts to prevent the Challenger disaster
Awards
AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility (1988)[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Mechanical Engineering
Institutions
Morton Thiokol
Notes
Project manager of the solid fuel boosters of the Shuttle Program System
Roger Mark Boisjoly (/ˌboʊʒəˈleɪ/BOH-zhə-LAY,[2]; April 25, 1938 – January 6, 2012) was an American mechanical engineer, fluid dynamicist, and an aerodynamicist. He is best known for having raised strenuous objections to the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger months before the loss of the spacecraft and its crew in January 1986. Boisjoly correctly predicted, based on earlier flight data, that the O-rings on the rocket boosters would fail if the shuttle launched in cold weather. Morton Thiokol's managers decided to launch the shuttle despite his warnings, leading to the catastrophic failure.[3] He was considered a high-profile whistleblower.[4][5]
^Roger M. Boisjoly, American Association for the Advancement of Science webpage. Full text: "For his exemplary and repeated efforts to fulfill his professional responsibilities as an engineer by alerting others to life-threatening design problems of the Challenger space shuttle and for steadfastly recommending against the tragic launch of January 1986." Retrieved 2012-02-07.
^"NLS Other Writings: Say How, A-D". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
^"Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster". www.aerospaceweb.org.
^collectif, Un (May 7, 2020). "Coronavirus : faire taire les lanceurs d'alerte nuit gravement à la santé publique". Libération.fr.
^"Cas de Challenger : le premier Whistleblower ?".
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