Michelle Feynman
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Tina calls RPF after working on his car in D.C.
winter cold and notes that O-rings are not very flexible in cold weather.
Could that have been a factor since it was very cold on the day of the launch?
RPF sounds like a good possibility.
Next morning, Feynman in suit and tie gets in a taxi.
Take me to a hardware store.
But we're in downtown Washington, sir.
The Capitol is over there, the White House over there.
There's no hardware store around here.
But Driver remembers one a few miles away and takes RPF to it.
They wait until it opens at 8.30.
C-clamps seem to be too big, but RPF buys one anyway.
Also buys screwdriver and wrench to get model apart.
In public hearing, no ice water.
RPF asks for some, and there is a big delay.
Page thought RPF wanted ice water for everyone.
Several good opportunities are missed.
Finally, ice water comes.
And it's just like, just such a mic drop, you know?
It's done with so much understated showmanship.