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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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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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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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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This week’s class was about disaster due to error in engineering design. The example we focus on was the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster in January 28‚ 1986. It was a disaster that really touch the public. Unfortunately‚ all the seven members of the crew including the teacher Sharon Christa McAuliffe died. She was the first civilian astronaut from the President Ronald Reagan project the TISP: Teacher In Space Program. The Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA’s second space shuttle orbiter to be put
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shuttle‚ hydrogen began leaking and continued to fuel that flame. ("Challenger Disaster‚" n.d.) Contributing Factors Contributing factors for this accident can be narrowed down to weather and aerodynamic forces. The Challenger had never been launched in such low temperatures as this time. Sources point to the temperature dropping below 18° F the night before and 36° F on the morning of the launch. ("Challenger Disaster‚" n.d.) This colder climate created certain conditions that sources say affected
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Deaths. The state of Florida comprises a diverse population‚ large geography‚ and numerous counties. Hillsborough County is one of the larger counties in the state‚ ranking number 4 of 67 in terms of population. An expansive area with large cities and a growing population‚ Hillsborough provides numerous opportunities for education‚ healthcare‚ and employment. Having a large population makes the county a great area to conduct research on significant health problems. For instance‚ there has been a
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Disasters are multidimensional occurrences that disrupt many if not all aspects of normal human life‚ including environmental‚ social‚ economic‚ political‚ and biological systems (Bankoff 2004:10). To understand why disasters have such wide ranging affects and how we can effectively manage them‚ we must understand the concepts of hazard‚ risk and vulnerability. Risk in regard to disaster is the likelihood or probability of harmful consequences happening; awareness of risk gives us the ability to
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