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 into service. The shuttle also called
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Due: November 5‚ 2013 Introduction The end of the space shuttle program has brought a great loss to NASA and the employee at the Kennedy Space Center. This loss not only effect the direct employees but have also effect the contractors at Alliant Techsystem‚ whom was task with much of the construction of the Ares rocket that would catapult the Orion capsule and known as one of the most established supplier for NASA. As the space shuttle program come to an end‚ ATK started collecting data
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Challenger Space Shuttle - Case Study In the following case study‚ we’ll have a brief analysis of the disaster that took place with the “Challenger Space Shuttle” and the role played by the 3 most important players: Thiokol‚ NASA and the White House. At the end we will discuss the things that could have prevented not only this but all major disasters that take place in various organizations. Reviewing the Case When the Challenger blew up 73 seconds after launching the Challenger disaster happened
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Desert Disaster A $260 space mission was almost considered a disaster! “The Space Capsule Crash” by Jill Eagen is a non-fiction article about a space mission that went horribly wrong. Jill Eagen conveys that the scientists try to save data that was collected by the sun‚ which could have been lost in the crash landing. At first‚ NASA spent three years gathering data collected from the sun. On a Wednesday‚ the space capsule‚ “Genesis‚” crashed in the Utah Desert. Moving at a speed of one hundred
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The space shuttle‚ Columbia launched on January 16th‚ 2003. On February 1st of the same year‚ the shuttle fell back to Earth at an alarming rate with technical malfunctions. Eventually‚ the space shuttle blew up and unfortunately killed all of the astronauts on board. It was later found that this piece of foam broke off of the external tank during the initial takeoff. As a result‚ gas slowly penetrated the space shuttle. As the space shuttle made its approach‚ readings were lost and eventually communication
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within the space shuttle program. Besides being recognized as the first mission to include a civilian astronaut‚ It is safe to say that the challenger shuttle disaster marked the reorganization of the space shuttle program and reinvented space travel in the U.S entirely. Lawrence Mulloy was one of the directors for the NASA space shuttle program and after nine previous missions‚ he was extremely enthusiastic about launching
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The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after 73 seconds into flames in flight on January 28‚ 1986 with one of the seven astronauts‚ a school teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard. This incident Challenger present us a case study in organizational communication‚ ethics and culture as it promotes or discourages necessary communication and the ethics of whistle blowing. Pressures developed because of the need to meet customers’ promises‚ which forced obligation to launch a certain number of flights per
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went to HR Macmillan Space Center in Kitsilano. The sun was out shedding warmth and the clouds were also present cooling off the grounds. It was the perfect weather to spend quality time with my family. My sisters and I were jumpy and we simply could not wait any longer to see the space center. Even my 45 year old mother seemed thrilled that we were going on a space adventure since she is a big fan of science; indeed‚ we were all excited. We arrived at HR Macmillan Space Center around 11 in the morning
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/ / | | \ \_/ / / / /__/ |__| \_____/ /___/ ******************************************* (I’m terrible at ASCII art :P) Thank you for downloading the Kerbal Space Program! Version 0.25.0 ==================================================================================================== Installation / Updating: Zip Package: * Unzip the contents of this package onto a directory of your choice (ex. C:/Program
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The Challenger was primed for takeoff. The countdown had begun‚ and an entire nation was captivated as the countdown began. The Space Center thrummed with activity and excitement‚ betraying no hint that something was fundamentally wrong. Seventyfour seconds after takeoff‚ the jet trail of the the huge rockets’ exhaust was engulfed by an implosion that will be forever recorded in the annals of history‚ that is‚ the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. The cost totaled seven lives
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