“Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2)

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“Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2) is the section of Richard Feynman’s memoir that recounts his role on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and his experiences dealing with NASA and government bureaucracy.

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“Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2) canonical	1
“Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (section on Challenger investigation)	1

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Target entity: “Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2)
Context triple: [What Do You Care What Other People Think?, hasPart, “Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2)]

A. Feynman Lectures on Physics
Feynman Lectures on Physics is a renowned three-volume introductory physics textbook based on Richard Feynman’s legendary Caltech lectures, celebrated for its clarity, depth, and engaging style.
B. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
"American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biography by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin that chronicles the life, scientific achievements, and political downfall of the physicist who led the Manhattan Project.
C. Feynman checkerboard model
The Feynman checkerboard model is a path-integral-based lattice model introduced by Richard Feynman to illustrate and derive the behavior of relativistic quantum particles, particularly the Dirac equation in one spatial dimension.
D. Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
E. Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman was a pioneering American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum electrodynamics, his influential teaching, and his popular science writings.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: “Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2)
Target entity description: “Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2) is the section of Richard Feynman’s memoir that recounts his role on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and his experiences dealing with NASA and government bureaucracy.

A. Feynman Lectures on Physics
Feynman Lectures on Physics is a renowned three-volume introductory physics textbook based on Richard Feynman’s legendary Caltech lectures, celebrated for its clarity, depth, and engaging style.
B. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
"American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biography by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin that chronicles the life, scientific achievements, and political downfall of the physicist who led the Manhattan Project.
C. Feynman checkerboard model
The Feynman checkerboard model is a path-integral-based lattice model introduced by Richard Feynman to illustrate and derive the behavior of relativistic quantum particles, particularly the Dirac equation in one spatial dimension.
D. Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
E. Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman was a pioneering American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum electrodynamics, his influential teaching, and his popular science writings.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book section ⓘ memoir section ⓘ
author	Richard P. Feynman ⓘ linked to: Richard Feynman
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
depicts	Feynman’s famous ice-water O-ring demonstration ⓘ
describes	Feynman’s efforts to obtain technical data from NASA ⓘ Feynman’s frustration with bureaucratic obstacles ⓘ Feynman’s interactions with NASA officials ⓘ Feynman’s interactions with government officials ⓘ Feynman’s skepticism about NASA reliability estimates ⓘ Richard Feynman’s role on the Rogers Commission ⓘ communication gaps between NASA management and engineers ⓘ investigation of the Challenger O-ring failure ⓘ political pressures on the Challenger investigation ⓘ
documents	Feynman’s attempts to make technical issues understandable to the public ⓘ Feynman’s disagreements with NASA management over risk estimates ⓘ Feynman’s efforts to ensure the Commission report reflected technical realities ⓘ
focusesOn	Feynman’s personal health struggles during the investigation ⓘ contrast between official narratives and technical reality ⓘ independence of scientific inquiry ⓘ
genre	memoir ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ
hasCentralFigure	Richard P. Feynman ⓘ linked to: Richard Feynman
includedIn	later chapters of "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	NASA bureaucracy ⓘ Rogers Commission ⓘ linked to: Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ engineering ethics ⓘ government bureaucracy ⓘ risk assessment at NASA ⓘ scientific integrity ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
partOf	"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" ⓘ linked to: What Do You Care What Other People Think?
portrays	Rogers Commission internal dynamics ⓘ tension between transparency and political image management ⓘ
relatedTo	Space Shuttle program ⓘ linked to: NASA Space Shuttle program public understanding of the Challenger disaster ⓘ spaceflight safety ⓘ
setting	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
timePeriod	1986 ⓘ
workChronology	later work in Feynman’s autobiographical writings ⓘ