- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 16, 2020
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Oct 13, 2020An insightful documentary that exposes the human flaws and personal costs behind a national catastrophe. It takes a while to get where it's going, but overall weaves a very full story about the dedicated crew of the Challenger, overambitious bureaucrats at NASA, and the horrifyingly simple reasons behind the death of seven of America's finest individuals.
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There are few revelations that justify the four-hour running time. ... The fourth hour is the strongest, showing how members of the investigation commission used “bureaucratic jujitsu” to thwart efforts to protect NASA’s image.
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Where the series shines is in the little details, especially when it discussed the lives of the other six crew members who died along with McAuliffe.
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There has always been something vaguely ghoulish about subsequent coverage of the Challenger disaster, considering that we all know how the story ends. But Challenger: The Final Flight navigates a delicate path -- celebrating the lives of those lost in 1986, and the hubris, politics and pressure to deliver that became the anatomy of a failure.