Eulogy for Marjorie Virginia Cook
Thursday, March 15th, 2012Eulogy for Marjorie Virginia Cook by Richard C. Cook An abridged version of this eulogy was delivered at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Williamsburg, VA, March 17, 2012 On behalf of the family, and especially my sisters Sandy and Christine, we want to offer our heartfelt thanks to all of you for coming today to celebrate [...]


In January 1986 Cook became the first NASA official to testify publicly on the space agency's prior knowledge of flaws in the solid rocket booster O-ring joints that destroyed Challenger and took the lives of its seven astronauts. He told his story in the book Challenger Revealed, published in 2007. Publisher's Weekly wrote of the book: "Easily the most informative and important book on the disaster."
