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Tomorrow’s the 20th anniversary of the crash of the space shuttle Challenger. Here’s a piece on myths about the disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow’s the 20th anniversary of the crash of the space shuttle Challenger. 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