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Did the rocket boosters used prior to The Challenger have the same “O-ring Problem” that the right rocket booster had in the Challenger launch?

I’ve read the famous account of the engineer not wanting the Challenger to launch due to the malfunction. But was this problem present in the rockets used before Challenger?

Thank you.
gpt
Technically yes it was present but the reason why it wasn’t a problem up until then is because of the circumstances of the challenger launch.  Primarily because the o-rings had been comprised due to the cold weather before the launch.