2. ASSESSMENT OF THE CALAMITY The crash stunned the people in Mackay‚ particularly the military. There were few eyewitnesses to the calamity and much confusion. Captain Samuel Cutler‚ the executive officer of the U.S. Army Rest Area at Mackay‚ recorded some details of the incident in his personal wartime dairy.16 The day before the crash‚ he wrote: Sunday‚ June 13th‚ 1943 Saw CBA Flying Fortress test hopping over us. Our Major Diller was aboard with Lt. Gidcumb as pilot. The B-17 was in good
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The ethical situation surrounding the decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger in January 1986 involved the highest level of management at three space centers: Kennedy Space Center in Florida‚ Johnson Space Center in Houston‚ and the Marshall Space Flight Center. Management and engineers with Morton Thiokol‚ a NASA contractor that manufactured the solid booster rockets‚ also joined these discussions that resulted in catastrophic failure. Launch discussions took place throughout the day and
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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 the beginning of a new time of space travel. It was going
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Challenger Tragedy January 28‚ 1986 was marked as one of the darkest day of NASA’s history when Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff killing all seven crew members. It was NASA’s 25th‚ mission but unfortunately not a successful one. Challenger’s disaster appeared in a period of small budgets‚ workforce and a need for the space agency to confirm its successfully shuttle program. Pressures settled because of the need to meet client obligations‚ which transformed into a requirement
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engineering profession. As a climactic opening‚ Davis relates the story of the Challenger space shuttle‚ highlighting not the disaster itself‚ but the dilemma of an engineer‚ Robert Lund‚ responsible for approving the launch. Sandwiched between his assumed application of a professional ethical code and the wishes of a capitalistic corporation‚ Lund decides (seemingly contrary to ethical code) to launch the shuttle. Given that the loss of life caused by this event is widely known‚ most readers would quickly
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must pick ourselves up again and press on despite the pain.” The following quote was said by Ronald Reagan to 6‚000 NASA employees and 4‚000 guests 3 days after the space shuttle Challenger disaster occurred. January 28th‚ 1986 the Challenger was taking off for its 10th mission. Approximately 73 seconds into the flight the shuttle broke apart and fell back down to Earth‚ killing all 7 of its crew members. Many people‚ including young school children‚ actually witnessed this happening on live television
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lightweight space shuttle in the 1970’s‚ but they needed a test vehicle in those times‚ computer technology was not as good‚ and advanced like now so they had no way to see how the shuttle would react to heat‚ and stress according to Nasa’s website.The Challenger broke apart 73 seconds while in liftoff on January 28‚ 1986 which killed the 7 astronauts on board‚ and the reason for the incident was because of a booster failure.On April 4th‚ 1983‚ and saw the first spacewalk of the space shuttles program
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We remember the tenth mission of the space shuttle Challenger that ended on January 28‚ 1986 in a catastrophic disaster. Seven astronauts were killed that day when the Challenger they were piloting‚ exploded at 72 seconds into the flight. Thesis: The Challenger exploded because the solid rocket booster O-rings did not seal properly which allowed hot combustion gases to leak from the side of the booster and burn through the external fuel tank. The
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One thing no one tells you about miscellaneous action reporting: the workers complicate the reporting process. They tell me I am Alex the “mighty” protector of Apollo-47‚ then ignore me when I am supposed to report something. Sometime later‚ someone came and asked me in room 38‚ where I fill out a survey and go. As I filled out the survey‚ I think: “Why do I have to protect a planet? Why can’t I be a trooper‚ actually doing something!” With my weird habit of remembering all the driver licenses‚ I
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Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion The Challenger Space Shuttle‚ one of the most anticipated shuttle launches‚ was the first mission to ever include a teacher astronaut. Christa McAuliffe‚ the teacher that was going on the shuttle along with six others‚ was supposed to broadcast lessons around the country from space. Sadly‚ all the excitement and joy came to an end shortly after the launch. The mission marked the first time American astronauts lost their lives. One of the worst disasters of manned
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