NPR People: Howard Berkes

Howard Berkes has been NPR's rural affairs correspondent since March 2003 focusing on the politics, economics, and culture of rural America.

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Remembering Roger Boisjoly: He Tried To Stop Shuttle Challenger Launch

February 6, 2012, 6:44 PM

(AP)

Boisjoly was the engineer who boisterously warned about problems with the Challenger's elastic seals. That he couldn't do anything about the launch haunted him and turned him into a crusader for ethics in engineering. Boisjoly died at age 73.

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