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A rubber seal in the Space Shuttle Challenger's rocket boosters that failed in cold temperatures, leading to the disaster. It was a component reused from the Apollo program without redesign.

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A rubber seal in the Space Shuttle Challenger's rocket boosters that failed in cold temperatures, leading to the disaster. It was a component reused from the Apollo program without redesign.