The history of the flawed joint
@article{Boisjoly1987TheHO, title={The history of the flawed joint}, author={Thiokol's Boisjoly and Thompson}, journal={IEEE Spectrum}, year={1987}, volume={24}, pages={39-44} }
NASA began to solicit proposals for the design of a solid-fuel rocket motor for the space shuttle in July 1973. By the fall, NASA had received proposals from Aerojet Solid Propulsion Co., Lockheed Propulsion Co., Thiokol Inc. (later Morton-Thiokol Inc.), and United Technologies Corp.