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After the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and the O-Ring failure in the rocket booster, is there now better material used rather than rubber for such O-Rings? - Quora
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What specific type of rubber were the Space Shuttle SRB O-rings made out of? What changes were made to them after Challenger? - Quora
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