Easterbrook also wrote a prophetic warning about the Space Shuttle before its first launch, nearly 6 years before the Challenger disaster. [1]

That gives me an extra sense of unease about the dangers he's identified here.

[1] "Beam Me Out Of This Death Trap, Scotty," April 1980, http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/8004.easterbr...