of the greatest disasters of our time occurred. The shuttle‚ Challenger‚ blew up in front of a live audience. The space launch was being broadcasted across the United States live from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This launch was one of the most publicized launches due to the first civilian going into space and also that the launch had been delayed six times before. The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission detailed that the launch took place on January 28‚ 1986 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida
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they passed the design for flight. The O rings worked only down to a temperature limit of 12 ̊ C‚ but the morning of the launch saw temperatures as low as -1 ̊ C which was much lower than the prescribed limit. Many engineers voiced to postpone the launch and wait for the weather to be stable but the management turned down these arguments and the challenger was cleared to launch at 11:38 A.M. As the shuttle took off‚ the right SRB emitted puffs of smoke which meant that a gap was punched into the
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The Challenger was described in a book about 1960s American cars as Dodge’s "answer to the Mustang and Camaro. It was one of two Chrysler E-body cars‚ the other being the slightly smaller Plymouth Barracuda. "Both the Challenger and Barracuda were available in a staggering number of trim and option levels" and were intended "to compete against cars like the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang‚ and to do it while offering virtually every engine in Chrysler’s inventory." However‚ the Challenger was "a
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On January 28‚ 1986 the Challenger exploded. The challenger was a program for Christa McAuliffe to learn more about space. This was suppose to help school children learn and advance their education in space & Technology. Christa McAuliffe went on the challenger with 7 trained astronauts. Christa McAuliffe was a teacher from New Hampshire. The challenger was supposed to be a huge advancement in space learning. Unfortunately‚ 73 seconds after lift-off the challenger had blown up. This was a big tragedy
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Competitiveness‚ Strategy‚ and Productivity: Better quality‚ higher productivity‚ lower costs‚ and the ability to respond quickly to customer needs are more important than ever and the bar is getting higher. Competitiveness: How effectively an organization meets the wants and needs of customers relative to others that offer similar goods or services Organizations compete through some combination of their marketing and operations functions what do customers want? How these customers’ needs best be
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Dominic Muthert Professor Toomey English 1001 25 September 2014 Reagan’s The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address In the presidential speech‚ “The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address‚” Ronald Reagan states his sympathy for the seven lives that were lost in the devastating explosion and how the space program will continue to move forward. Reagan address’s the audience when he states‚ “We mourn their loss as a nation together.” In the second paragraph‚ Reagan illistartes “Nineteen
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02.02 HMS Challenger Journal of a Scientist December 30th: First day at sea and already the sea sickness is starting to get to me‚ but it’s not that bad‚ because this is for science. We are off the coast of Vigo and it’s raining real badly today. The boat is rocking back and forth but we still tried to do some research. A dredge took samples along the surface of the seafloor while being dragged across the bottom. We got some samples of mud‚ and collected small organisms off the bottom. January
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ethical situation surrounding the decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger in January 1986 involved the highest level of management at three space centers: Kennedy Space Center in Florida‚ Johnson Space Center in Houston‚ and the Marshall Space Flight Center. Management and engineers with Morton Thiokol‚ a NASA contractor that manufactured the solid booster rockets‚ also joined these discussions that resulted in catastrophic failure. Launch discussions took place throughout the day and evening
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Monzon‚ Jason Bohn‚ Brian Louis‚ Jacob Etheredge‚ Dave Dufty| Practicum for Project Management | April 1‚ 2013 Dan Monzon‚ Jason Bohn‚ Brian Louis‚ Jacob Etheredge‚ Dave Dufty| Practicum for Project Management | April 1‚ 2013 Challenger Disaster What went wrong? Challenger Disaster What went wrong? Table of Contents Intro 0 Body 0 Give It That Finishing Touch 0 Add a Table of Contents 0 Add a Bibliography 0 Get Started Right Away When you click this placeholder text‚ just start
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NASA’s Challenger Tragedy January 28‚ 1986 was marked as one of the darkest day of NASA’s history when Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff killing all seven crew members. It was NASA’s 25th‚ mission but unfortunately not a successful one. Challenger’s disaster appeared in a period of small budgets‚ workforce and a need for the space agency to confirm its successfully shuttle program. Pressures settled because of the need to meet client obligations‚ which transformed
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