Word: accidentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The incident occurred amidst an atmosphere of joking and playfulness. Intentions on all sides were purely benign. The fire was an accident. And although it was potentially very dangerous, nobody was hurt and there was no substantial property damage. Yet in terms of my roommates, one instance of poor judgement...
The fatal explosion of the space shuttle Challenger was an accident waiting to happen if estimates of solid rocket booster failure in a 1983 Air Force report are true, says Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass.
If the Air Force estimates are true, they "strongly suggest that a catastrophic accident was a virual certainty and an accident waiting to happen," Markey wrote.
The networks also drew some criticism for constant replays of the shuttle explosion and premature speculation about the long-range consequences of the accident. But most of it seemed necessary. "What else could we do?" said Brokaw. "We couldn't go back to soap operas or game shows. People wanted...
News organizations had their own complaints. In what NASA said was an effort to gather evidence for its investi gation, authorities impounded all press film from remote-controlled still cameras that had been stationed around the launch site. Several news organizations have protested the action. In ad dition, some veteran...