the ghost of Morton Thiokol like "not so easy to build a rocket that doesn't suck shit, is it?"
May 29, 2026 at 1:41 AM
the ghost of Morton Thiokol like "not so easy to build a rocket that doesn't suck shit, is it?"
Six years too late to tweet "Charlie Morton Thiokol" and have it do numbers
October 6, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Six years too late to tweet "Charlie Morton Thiokol" and have it do numbers
Maybe I’ll go work for Morton-Thiokol or something
October 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Maybe I’ll go work for Morton-Thiokol or something
oh you love reading about the space shuttle challenger disaster? name five morton-thiokol engineers who told NASA not to launch at those temperatures
March 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
oh you love reading about the space shuttle challenger disaster? name five morton-thiokol engineers who told NASA not to launch at those temperatures
I've ridden Thiokol chair lifts and snow cats.
September 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I've ridden Thiokol chair lifts and snow cats.
Morton Thiokol would NEVER.
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Morton Thiokol would NEVER.
Project Grasshopper's Jump Pack infantry was definitely something that should have survived the 1950's future soldier programs
December 25, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Project Grasshopper's Jump Pack infantry was definitely something that should have survived the 1950's future soldier programs
Is this how those Morton-Thiokol folks felt about Challenger
February 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Is this how those Morton-Thiokol folks felt about Challenger
Boeing-Thiokol for the US Navy I assume.
May 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Boeing-Thiokol for the US Navy I assume.
A déclaré Morton Thiokol en 1986 pendant la commission d'enquête
September 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A déclaré Morton Thiokol en 1986 pendant la commission d'enquête
Morton Thiokol springs to mind
April 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Morton Thiokol springs to mind
"The night before, Ebeling and other Morton Thiokol engineers tried to convince NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, that launching in cold weather could be disastrous."
www.npr.org/2026/01/25/g...
www.npr.org/2026/01/25/g...
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"The night before, Ebeling and other Morton Thiokol engineers tried to convince NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, that launching in cold weather could be disastrous."
www.npr.org/2026/01/25/g...
www.npr.org/2026/01/25/g...
Thiokol wasn’t an IBM client
April 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Thiokol wasn’t an IBM client
Including in the sense of "it actually worked", yes. And there was comprehensive accountability. Ask Morton Thiokol.
August 8, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Including in the sense of "it actually worked", yes. And there was comprehensive accountability. Ask Morton Thiokol.
Goddamn Morton Thiokol.
April 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Goddamn Morton Thiokol.
Specifically post 90s, since the end of the Cold War removed the other main driver of demand
There's basically now two places that do large SRM manufacturing at scale in the US: NG's (formerly Orbital, formerly Thiokol) facility in UT and L3Harris's (formerly Aerojet Rocketdyne) facility in AR
There's basically now two places that do large SRM manufacturing at scale in the US: NG's (formerly Orbital, formerly Thiokol) facility in UT and L3Harris's (formerly Aerojet Rocketdyne) facility in AR
... it's one of those fascinating and undersaid stories for how much NASA uh, during the course of the Shuttle program basically propped up the entire US solid rocket motor industry, and once Shuttle did retire it caused major price impacts as a whole.
April 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Specifically post 90s, since the end of the Cold War removed the other main driver of demand
There's basically now two places that do large SRM manufacturing at scale in the US: NG's (formerly Orbital, formerly Thiokol) facility in UT and L3Harris's (formerly Aerojet Rocketdyne) facility in AR
There's basically now two places that do large SRM manufacturing at scale in the US: NG's (formerly Orbital, formerly Thiokol) facility in UT and L3Harris's (formerly Aerojet Rocketdyne) facility in AR
Morton Thiokol had a better record.
And they were committing the biggest white collar crime to date when they had a better record.
And they were committing the biggest white collar crime to date when they had a better record.
June 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Morton Thiokol had a better record.
And they were committing the biggest white collar crime to date when they had a better record.
And they were committing the biggest white collar crime to date when they had a better record.
155mm manufacturers for the IOF:
General Dynamics*
Thiokol*
Thales
*including with white phosphorus
via @palestinespace.bsky.social
General Dynamics*
Thiokol*
Thales
*including with white phosphorus
via @palestinespace.bsky.social
October 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM
155mm manufacturers for the IOF:
General Dynamics*
Thiokol*
Thales
*including with white phosphorus
via @palestinespace.bsky.social
General Dynamics*
Thiokol*
Thales
*including with white phosphorus
via @palestinespace.bsky.social
Too often, management (even engineering managent) overrides actual engineering. Take for example the Challenger shuttle explosion 40 years ago. Thiokol engineers pleaded "do not launch."
February 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Too often, management (even engineering managent) overrides actual engineering. Take for example the Challenger shuttle explosion 40 years ago. Thiokol engineers pleaded "do not launch."
Professor Graham Kendall even gives some remarkable examples, including the random guesses of the financial markets after the space shuttle Challenger disaster: theconversation.com/how-to-unlea...
March 7, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Professor Graham Kendall even gives some remarkable examples, including the random guesses of the financial markets after the space shuttle Challenger disaster: theconversation.com/how-to-unlea...
The Morton Thiokol manager who pushed the engineers to change their recommendation “retired” pretty much immediately after.
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 AM
The Morton Thiokol manager who pushed the engineers to change their recommendation “retired” pretty much immediately after.
Free fantasy baseball team name: Charlie Morton Thiokol
Been chewing through Adam Higginbotham’s excellent Challenger book since the start of spring training, and it really is jarring that literally 100% of the people involved in building the SRBs were screaming, “please do not light them, you will kill everyone.”
March 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Free fantasy baseball team name: Charlie Morton Thiokol
When Morton Salt bought Thiokol, stripped it for parts, and closed its Huntsville plant, my dad and his buddies classified every document they could get their hands on to prevent this kind of wanton destruction.
March 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
When Morton Salt bought Thiokol, stripped it for parts, and closed its Huntsville plant, my dad and his buddies classified every document they could get their hands on to prevent this kind of wanton destruction.