“The Tenth and Final Mission of the Challenger Space Shuttle” The Challenger Space Shuttle exploded seventy three seconds after liftoff. All the crew on board died on January 28‚ 1986‚ all of America was in shock. How and why did it happen. Roger Bogilay told NASA the the o’rings on the shuttle would not seal right in the extreme cold. NASA previously delayed the launch six times before liftoff. At liftoff black smoke came out of the right engine booster for two seconds due to the oring being burned
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America has seen many tragedies and failures. However‚ in the eyes if many‚ the worst of these tragedies was by far the Challenger disaster of 1986. On January 26‚ the world was shocked as everyone watched the Challenger shuttle explode‚ killing all seven crewmembers. The challenger disaster was by far one of the worst tragedies of the space exploration era. However‚ the disaster should not have occurred. In fact‚ it should have been prevented. On August 27‚ 1984‚ President Ronald Reagan made an
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and do better on the next one. In life there are horrible disasters‚ things not going the way they were supposed too like the Space Shuttle Challenger. This shuttle shows that just because something bad happened at the moment it was still worth it. The people aboard this ship will be remembered for being so courageous and being part of such a huge event in history. Because of this event there was more motivation for future space shuttles as ronald reagan said “It’s all apart of
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sitting to see the Challenger liftoff. It would be the tenth mission for the Challenger. The purpose of the mission was to launch the second part of the TDRS-B to improve the older version. A TDRS-B is a satellite that transports data from space to Earth. It was also supposed to have the first non-astronaut in space for the Teacher in Space Program. But 73 seconds into the launch the Challenger exploded killing all seven crew members. It will still continue to be known as a great disaster in NASA that
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The Challenger Disaster Space shuttle Challenger launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral‚ Florida on January 28‚ 1986. The initial shuttle launch was delayed for six days due to poor weather and technical problems. After launch‚ the space shuttle Challenger exploded a minute and thirteen seconds after liftoff. The last words heard by the crew was from the captain‚ Mike Smith stating‚ “Uh- oh‚” (Ranker) proving that he was aware of a problem in the launch. The several astronauts were
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On January 28‚ 1986‚ at approximately 11:39a.m. the space shuttle challenger exploded in front of the whole world‚ whether you were sitting‚ standing‚ or listening‚ it was a tragedy that should have been and could have been easily prevented. It involved physically killing seven passengers aboard the space shuttle Challenger and mentally killing their families and close friends that were not aboard. If only NASA had just listen and Morton Thiokol stood by their engineers‚ then maybe those seven passengers
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For the first speech I decided to analyze the “Space Shuttle Challenger Tragedy Address from president Ronald Reagan. This speech was pretty easy to identify if it was an informative or persuasive speech. The president was addressing the nation to inform them about a tragedy that had taken place the very same day. From reading through this week’s lesson‚ I would say that concept President Reagan used was speaking to entertain. The lesson stated this type of informative was used for speeches at occasions
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delays‚ Challenger launched at 11:38 a.m. EST on Jan. 28‚ 1986” (Chow‚ 2011). The ship exploded 73 seconds after liftoff (Howell‚ 2012). The (mechanical) cause of the accident points to pressure seals (O-rings) but more importantly points to the serious problems that NASA had with its communication channels and safety information systems (Mahler & Casamayou‚ 2009‚ p. 40) Structural and Mechanical Factors As aforementioned in the paragraph above pressure rings are blamed for the Challenger incident
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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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Studies have found that there is a positive correlation between economic growth of developing nations and the success of attracting foreign direct investments. Thus‚ President Olusegun Obasanjo adopted the tactic of shuttle diplomacy in tackling the innate problems his administration inherited from the previous Odysseus-military regimes particularly the Abacha regime that earned Nigeria a pariah status due to the inhuman conducts of violating human rights. In addition‚ the Olusegun Obasanjo administration
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