The Space Shuttle Columbia was the second space shuttle disaster and the first shuttle lost on land happened on February 1‚ 2003. In this mission‚ six American astronauts and Israel’s first spaceman died when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 200‚000ft above Texas. They are David Brown‚ Rick Husband‚ Laurel Clark‚ Kalpana Chawla‚ Michael Anderson‚ William McCool and Ilan Ramon. Rick husband is the Columbia’s commander was a US air force colonel recruited to the space program in 1994. He
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atmosphere over Texas‚ killing all seven crew members on board. The disaster occurred minutes before Columbia was scheduled to land at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. An investigation later determined the catastrophe was caused by a problem that took place shortly after launch on January 16‚ when a piece of foam insulation broke off from the shuttle’s propellant tank and damaged the edge of the shuttle’s left wing. The Columbia disaster was the second major tragedy in the history of the space shuttle
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or human induced disasters. While some of these disasters are rapid‚ others are slow-onset‚ resulting in catastrophic situations leading to loss of lives and property‚ degradation of environment. These disasters occur in form of drought‚ desertification‚ flooding‚ epidemics‚ coastal erosion‚ dam failure‚ building collapse‚ oil spillage‚ maritime collision or accident‚ bomb explosion‚ communal clash‚ fire‚ air crashes and boat mishap‚ amongst others. Historically‚ salient disasters in Nigeria include
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Published on Siasat (http://www.siasat.com) CM Chouhan invites Samsung to set up unit in MP Location: Bhopal (Pervez Bari): The Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has invited Samsung to set up a manufacturing unit in the state. He said that it would serve the great Indian market. Chief Minister Chouhan‚ who is on tour of South Korean capital Seoul‚ reportedly said that Madhya Pradesh has the strategic location which is ideal for distribution of
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REGIONAL GOVERNOR SUBJECT UTILIZATION OF LOCAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND (LDRRMF) Background Republic Act No. 10121 otherwise known as The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010‚ shifted the focus from disaster response and recovery towards disaster risk reduction‚ preparedness and mitigation It also modified the use and appropriation ofthe Local Calamity Fund‚ or what is now known to be as the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund. Pursuant to
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Experience at Bhopal by Saumya Pratik course:TGC 115 Dear friends‚ I have been recommended for army in TGC 115 course from 22 Board Bhopal and I would be glad to share my success story with you. Before I go through my day to day schedule at selection processlet me tell you some important points that influence your recommendation‚ these are: Be yourself- Be truthful Always be confident‚ very confident! (this will take you all the way through)Always be positive (very important during your
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at 2:46 p.m. local time‚ shaking buildings violently in Tokyo for several minutes and sending millions fleeing for higher ground. The media keep disaster in the forefront of our minds. TV‚ radio and the front pages of the press seem to revel in disaster because the public have a morbid curiosity in it‚ provided that it happens to other people. Disaster boosts TV ratings and sells newspapers. As we absorb the news of a famine‚ an earthquake‚ a hurricane‚ a tsunami‚ sometimes we tend to put ourselves
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There was still no clarity over the number of deaths in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand‚ with a state minister Sunday not ruling out an "estimate" of 10‚000-plus and Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna putting the number of missing people at 3‚000. Uttarakhand Health Minister Surinder Singh Negi did not discount assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal’s claim Saturday of the toll in the tragedy having crossed 10‚000. "He (Kunjwal) has given an estimated figure. At the moment‚ it is an estimate. It can
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The United States is divided half and half on the topic of oil pipelines. Some people believe that oil pipelines‚ such as the Keystone XL will be the first step to isolating ourselves from depending on outside threats for resources. Others believe that oil pipelines have the ability to contaminate the world‚ not only through water and climate‚ but also through the economy. The strength of crude oil companies needs to be weakened by informing the public on what really goes on behind the scenes‚ what
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The Challenger disaster is a prime example of poor leadership and Groupthink. When examining the disaster that took the lives of 7 people‚ this occurred do to multiple forms of neglect and pressure felt by leaders (UK Essays‚ 2015). This disaster occurred due to numerous defects within NASA’s engineering leaders‚ pressure from the media‚ public opinion‚ and the relationship with leaders at Morton Thiokol‚ makers of the defective O-rings that ultimately destroyed the Challenger into pieces (Dimitroff
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