The Challenger

Based on|

* What Do You Care What Other People Think?
* Truth, Lies and O-Rings

Written by| Kate Gartside
Directed by| James Hawes
Starring|

* Joanne Whalley
* William Hurt
* Bruce Greenwood
* Kevin McNally
* Eve Best
* Brian Dennehy

Theme music composer| Christopher Letcher
Production
Cinematography| Lukas Strebel
Editor(s)| Peter Christelis
Running time| 89 minutes
Production company(s)|

* BBC
* Science Channel
* Open University

Release
Original release| 12 May 2013 U.K.
16 November 2013 U.S.

The Challenger (US title: The Challenger Disaster) is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.[1] The film was co-produced by the BBC, the Science Channel, and Open University,[2] and it premiered on 12 May 2013 on BBC2.

It is based[2] on two books:

* Feynman, Richard; Feynman, Gweneth; Leighton, Ralph (1988). What Do You Care What Other People Think?. W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-02659-0.
* McDonald, Allan J; Hansen, James R. Truth, Lies and O-Rings. ISBN 978-0813041933.

The film follows Feynman (William Hurt) as he attempts to expose the truth in the disaster.

It aired in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel on November 16, 2013.

## Contents

* 1 Cast
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Cast

* William Hurt as Dr. Richard Feynman
* Joanne Whalley as Gweneth Feynman
* Bruce Greenwood as General Donald Kutyna
* Brian Dennehy as Chairman William Rogers
* Eve Best as Dr. Sally Ride
* Henry Goodman as Dr. Weiss
* Kevin McNally as Lawrence Mulloy
* Sean Michael as Judson Lovingood

## See also

* Rogers Commission Report
* Challenger (1990 film)

## References

1. ↑ Bricken, Rob. "Here's William Hurt as the legendary physicist Richard Feynman!". io9. http://io9.com/5980830/heres-william-hurt-playing-the-legendary-physicist-richard-feynman. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 End credits

## External links

* The Challenger on IMDb
* The Challenger on BBC2

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Richard Feynman

Career|

* Feynman diagram
* Feynman–Kac formula
* Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory
* Bethe–Feynman formula
* Hellmann–Feynman theorem
* Feynman slash notation
* Feynman parametrization
* Path integral formulation
* Parton model
* Sticky bead argument
* One-electron universe
* Quantum cellular automaton
* Rogers Commission Report
* Feynman checkerboard

Works|

* "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" (1959)
* The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1964)
* The Character of Physical Law (1965)
* QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (1985)
* Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985)
* What Do You Care What Other People Think? (1988)
* The Motion of Planets Around the Sun (1997)
* The Meaning of It All (1999)
* The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (1999)
* Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005)

Family|

* Joan Feynman (sister)
* Charles Hirshberg (nephew)

Related|

* Namesakes
* Cargo cult science
* Quantum Man
* Tuva or Bust!
* Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology
* Infinity (1996 film)
* QED (2001 play)
* The Challenger (2013 film)

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* t
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Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099)

Flights|

* STS-6
* STS-7
* STS-8
* STS-41-B
* STS-41-C
* STS-41-G
* STS-51-B
* STS-51-F
* STS-61-A
* STS-51-L

Status|

* Out of service - Challenger disaster (destroyed) - January 28, 1986 (STS-51-L)

Related|

* Rogers Commission
* STS-61-F
* STS-61-M
* Challenger flag
* The Dream Is Alive (1985 documentary)
* Challenger (1990 film)
* The Challenger (2013 film)

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