NASA: The Cause Of The NASA Disaster
NASA who put a man on the moon, and inspired millions and millions of people, devastated our confidence and broke our hearts in an instant on January 28th, 1986. The magnificent ship exploded and dropped into the ocean. The disaster claimed all lives onboard. In the week that followed sorrow turned into rage, as the exact causes of the disaster became known. The two rubber O-rings, which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster, had faileddue to cold temperature. NASA and its contractor had evidence that rocket motor O-rings could fail below 53 degrees Fahrenheit, but NASA had previously launch shuttle below 53F and gotten away with it many times so, NASA was confident that O-rings would not fail. NASA decided to ignore
the concerns of the engineers and went ahead with the launch.On the morning of the launch, the weather was unusually cold around 36 degrees Fahrenheit and it was way below the threshold of O-rings could withstand. NASA was aware of the danger and was playing God with the lives of seven people. With this tragedy that unfolds on live television traumatized the nation and throwing NASA’s shuttle program into turmoil.Here are the following findings that turned sorrow into rage across the nation.1. A combustion gas leak through the right solid rocket motor aft field joints initiated at or shortly after ignition eventually weakened and/or penetrated the external tank initiating vehicle structural breakup and loss of the space shuttle Challenger during STS Mission 51-L. 2. The evidence shows that no other STS 51-L shuttle element or the payload contributed to the causes of the right solid rocket motor aft field joint combustion gas leak. Sabotage was not a factor. 3. Evidence examined in the review of space shuttle material, manufacturing, assembly, quality control, and processing of nonconformance reports found no flight hardware shipped to the launch site that fell outside the limits of shuttle design specifications. 4. Launch site activities, including assembly and preparation, from receipt of the flight hardware to launch, were generally in accord with established procedures and were not considered a factor in the acciden
the concerns of the engineers and went ahead with the launch.On the morning of the launch, the weather was unusually cold around 36 degrees Fahrenheit and it was way below the threshold of O-rings could withstand. NASA was aware of the danger and was playing God with the lives of seven people. With this tragedy that unfolds on live television traumatized the nation and throwing NASA’s shuttle program into turmoil.Here are the following findings that turned sorrow into rage across the nation.1. A combustion gas leak through the right solid rocket motor aft field joints initiated at or shortly after ignition eventually weakened and/or penetrated the external tank initiating vehicle structural breakup and loss of the space shuttle Challenger during STS Mission 51-L. 2. The evidence shows that no other STS 51-L shuttle element or the payload contributed to the causes of the right solid rocket motor aft field joint combustion gas leak. Sabotage was not a factor. 3. Evidence examined in the review of space shuttle material, manufacturing, assembly, quality control, and processing of nonconformance reports found no flight hardware shipped to the launch site that fell outside the limits of shuttle design specifications. 4. Launch site activities, including assembly and preparation, from receipt of the flight hardware to launch, were generally in accord with established procedures and were not considered a factor in the acciden