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 factors‚ including faulty design of the solid rocket boosters‚ insufficient low- temperature testing of the O-ring material and the joints that the O-ring sealed‚ and lack of proper communication
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upfront and seriousness needed to be part of the winning team. Then he starts introductions of the team members to each other. This describes a trait that “Members of Great Teams Manage Through Ego and Conflict” that lays down ground rules within the team. This is a very important step to work through ego and conflict to bring in the team synergy early on otherwise leads to failure. Contingency factor for Example 1 (150-200 words): Brooks’ communication is simple and straight forward without any
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The Tragic Challenger Explosion The Tragic Challenger Explosion Space Travel. It is a sense of national pride for many Americans. If you ask anyone who was alive at the time‚ they could probably tell you exactly where they were when they heard that Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon. But all of the success in our space programs is overshadowed by tragedy. On January 28‚ 1986‚ one of the worst disasters in our space program’s history occurred. Many people were watching
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Florida on US time 11:39 am. The reason behind the disintegration was the O-Ring seal in the right solid rocket booster failed at the liftoff of the shuttle.The failure caused a breach in the joint it sealed‚allowing the high-pressure gas from the solid rocket motor to reach outside and attack upon the booster attachment hard wire and the fuel tank. This caused the separation of right-hand booster attachment and structural failure in
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Rachel White The Challenger On January 28th‚ 1986‚ the Challenger‚ a space shuttle‚ was to make an important journey into outer space. The challenger launch took the attention from many Americans. A woman named Christa McAuliffe‚ an average American school teacher was also on the journey. Christa McAuliffe was going to give school lessons to students from space. Children were anxious to Learn from space‚ and adults everywhere were fascinated. The morning of January 28‚ 1986 was going to be
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The reason the Challenger Space Shuttle blew up 73 seconds after launch was the result of a faulty sealing system which allowed exhaust flames from the Solid-Fuel Rocket Boosters (SRB) to vent directly on the external tank‚ rupturing the tank and causing the explosion. There was excessive erosion on the O-ring in the booster field joints. The launch had also taken place in untested temperature conditions and in spite of serious warning on the part of the engineers of Thiokol‚ the company that
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its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean‚ off the coast of central Florida‚ United States‚ at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC). Disintegration of the entire vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The O-ring failure caused a breach in the SRB joint it sealed‚ allowing pressurized hot gas from within the solid rocket motor to reach the outside and impinge upon the adjacent SRB attachment hardware and external fuel tank
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showed a flame coming out of one of the solid rocket boosters” (Feynman27). It was a mixture of structural failures that caused the shuttle to break apart. The cause of the explosion was the failure of O rings in the right (SRB) solid rocket booster due to the cold weather. This caused the O rings to allow hot gases to leak out of the booster through the joint. These rubber rings sealed the joint between the two lower segments of the booster. The combustion gas leak passed through the right Solid
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of the accident. Photos and videotape of the launch showed a fire plume escaping from the right solid rocket booster. The flame grew larger and eventually burned through the bottom connecting strut that held the booster to the external tank. (Cole‚ Michael D.pg.22) The photos and videos helped find out what exactly happened during the explosion. Failure of one of the solid rocket booster joints‚ including the rubber O-rings‚ was determined to have caused the accident. The black smoke‚ the first sign
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For More Information Please Visit : "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" Further Adventures of a Curious Character Richard P. Feynman as told to Ralph Leighton Preface A CURIOUS CHARACTER The Making of a Scientist "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" It’s as Simple as One‚ Two‚ Three . . . Getting Ahead Hotel City Who the Hell Is Herman? Feynman Sexist Pig! I Just Shook His Hand‚ Can You Believe It? Letters‚ Photos‚ and Drawings MR. FEYNMAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: INVESTIGATING
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