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AN Inverclyde business which helps vulnerable people get set up in their homes will double its workforce after landing a share of a huge £100m contract. GVM Facilities is one of seven companies across the country to benefit from procurement body Scotland Excel’s domestic furniture and furnishings framework. The national furniture and furnishings contract, which will run over four years, will help local authorities deliver essential crisis support services by kitting out homes for people. GVM directors, couple Heather Cullen and Alan McDonald, have pledged to create over 10 new jobs in Inverclyde to get the job done. Alan said: This is a fantastic opportunity for us.
On Saturday March 6, 2021, an 83-year-old man living in Ogden, Utah died from the effects of a fall. His name was Allan J. McDonald, and you may never have heard of him, but he did something remarkable.
Allan McDonald received a degree in chemical engineering in 1959 from Montana State University, then went to work for Morton-Thiokol, who manufactured the rockets for the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile and later, the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) used by NASA in its space shuttle.
After 26 years with the company, McDonald was on site at Cape Canaveral, Florida to oversee the solid rocket boosters that would power the shuttle Challenger on its tenth flight, which was also the twenty-fifth Space Shuttle flight.
Allan McDonald, engineer and whistleblower in Challenger disaster, dies at 83
He tried to postpone the fateful 1986 space shuttle launch over safety concerns, but was overruled by superiors.
By Emily LangerThe Washington Post
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Allan McDonald, a rocket scientist and whistleblower who refused to sign off on the space shuttle Challenger’s launch over safety concerns and, after its explosion, argued that the tragedy could have been averted had officials heeded warnings from engineers like himself, died March 6 at a hospital in Ogden, Utah. He was 83.
The cause was complications from a recent fall, said his daughter Lora McDonald.
For the millions of Americans who turned on their television sets to watch the Challenger take off on Jan. 28, 1986, the image of the space shuttle blowing apart in midair – killing seven astronauts, including New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe – was seared into their memory. The disaster is often described as an event on the order
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