Michelle Feynman

So a little scrap of paper and my dad's writing.

He had a weird way of working where he would just write on like, if he ran out of paper or something, he would grab a Kleenex box or write on the corners of junk mail or wherever there was clear space.

I remember being in history and we didn't take our test and they said that a terrible thing had happened.

And then I came home and my parents, who rarely had the television on, were in front of the television.

They seemed pretty distraught by the whole thing.

And then I guess he got a call inviting him to be part of the commission.

I think it was really ultimately my mom who said, OK, let's be honest.

If you don't do it, they'll all be doing the same thing.

And if he did it, there would be this one other person sort of buzzing around and trying to really find out what happened.

I do know that there was somebody on the commission that he didn't like, or he thought the person didn't like him, and there were disagreements.

So I'm wondering what this is, like who gave him this piece of paper?

And then he made notes on it.

Space shuttle operations entail a significant degree of risk.

And then that's circled.

And then what do you think?

Oh, what do you think the magnitude of the risk is?

This section describes possible shuttle accidents leading to catastrophic failure.

And then he's got some notes in the margins.

Right.

RPF calls Graham again, do something, feel frustrated and miserable.