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The investigation of the Rogers Commission led to several conclusions. The most important being that NASA's organizational culture and decision-making processes had been key contributors to the accident. Managers had known that the SRB design contained a potentially catastrophic flaw in the o-rings since 1977. They failed to address it properly for a decade. The same managers had disregarded warnings from engineers about the dangers of launching because of the cold temperatures that morning. After ignoring the engineers, they had failed to adequately report these technical concerns to their superiors.