On the fateful morning of January 26‚ 1988‚ the challenger shuttle broke up and burst into flames within 73 seconds of lift off. Many factors have to be considered when trying to figure out the cause of this disaster‚ and also how it could have been avoided. Poor communication between NASA managers‚ Thiokol managers‚ and Thiokol engineers played a major role in aiding this disaster. For a shuttle to be cleared for take off even when a lot of odds were against its successful liftoff shows that it
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Directors often use framing to portray a scene or character in a way that provides information to the viewer. Throughout The Dark Knight Rises‚ (2012)‚ Christopher Nolan uses framing to convey the balance of power between characters of a given scene. This element of cinematography is most evident in shots that feature the villain‚ Bane. Even though the actor that plays Bane is 5’9”‚ he appears taller and powerful due Nolan’s use of low angle framing. During the scene in the airplane before Bane
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was time to make the final copy of the Challenger. The o rings were being made on a different Station other than the Kennedy Space Station. All the rocket pieces were spread out all over the country. Now all final pieces of the rocket are ready. They were to be sent to the Kennedy space station by train. All pieces took a year to put together and test. The astronauts were getting picked to go up into space. These astronauts were very
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CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE- CASE ANALYSIS On January 28‚ 1986‚ seven astronauts were killed when the space shuttle they were piloting‚ the Challenger‚ exploded just over a minute into the flight. The failure of the solid rocket booster O-rings to seat properly allowed hot combustion gases to leak from the side of the booster and burn through the external fuel tank. The failure of the O-ring was attributed to several
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“Disaster‚ Disaster” Oh Disaster‚ Disaster how cruel you are Oh Disaster‚ Disaster how rude you are You shake the ground beneath my feet You attack me‚ and you wake me up from my sleep I have so little time to get away from you I never though you would become my foe Oh Disaster‚ Disaster what have I done Oh Disaster‚ Disaster why did you have to come? Because of you I have nothing left Except for bricks and rocks and the smell of dust You made me cry‚ you make me scream You make me panic and entangled
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HMS Challenger Journal Day 1 – December 23‚ 1872 Hello‚ journal! It is our first official day of this adventure I am about to take on the HMS Challenger. The weather isn’t to dandy today in England where we are leaving from‚ it’s a little rainy and cold‚ the worst mixture. But! We have to get a move on‚ I’m extremely excited to embark on this journey and I am honored to be a part of this history. I’m most excited and feel a sort of curiosity because we have such an abundant amount of useful technology
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Although newspapers and articles can be reliable‚ the news and television are the most reliable sources. On January 28‚ 1986‚ a disaster struck America. An American shuttle‚ called the Challenger exploded into thin air. On board of the ship were seven adults‚ including a teacher as a special guest. The members included Sharon Christa McAuliffe (the teacher)‚ Gregory Jarvis (payload specialist)‚ and the astronauts
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Disaster Planning Disaster Planning prevention‚ preparedness‚ response‚ recovery PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DISASTERS .................................................................................................. 2 – NATURAL DISASTERS........................................................................................................................... 2 – MAN-MADE DISASTERS ...................................................................................................................
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A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that disasters can cause damage to life‚ property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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PRIMO LEVI Have you ever gone through any experience that was worse than the Holocaust? Well‚ I haven’t. Having researched Primo Levi’s life‚ I have learned that many people have experienced many horrors and with those experiences we as people have learned valuable lessons. This report is based on Primo Levi’s life. I hope you will gain some insight of what kind of a man he really was‚ and how he will never be forgotten. Primo Levi’s life was in Turin Italy. His family was of Jewish
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