If you haven&#x27;t read Richard Feynman&#x27;s appendix to the Rogers Commission report on the Challenger disaster, I really recommend it: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;science.ksc.nasa.gov&#x2F;shuttle&#x2F;missions&#x2F;51-l&#x2F;docs&#x2F;rogers-commission&#x2F;Appendix-F.txt" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;science.ksc.nasa.gov&#x2F;shuttle&#x2F;missions&#x2F;51-l&#x2F;docs&#x2F;roger...</a><p>It&#x27;s very readable and goes into a bunch of other issues at NASA at the time beyond the O-ring failure, which Feynman treats as a symptom of more general engineering and cultural problems.