until he sold it to eBay in 2002 for 1.5 billion. After selling PayPal in 2002 he founded spaceX a space technology company. He has invested 100 million dollars into SpaceX. This company works on creating new technology for space. They have created several rockets and spacecrafts. In 2008 SpaceX received a 1.6 billion Dollar contract from NASA to build 12 cargo flights replacing the space shuttle. The Falcon1 is the first liquid fueled rocket to reach Earth’s orbit successfully. It is also the
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"Group Decision Fiascoes Continue: Space Shuttle Challenger and a Revised Groupthink Framework" is a review of the tragedy that took place on January 28‚ 1986 when the space shuttle‚ Challenger‚ exploded shortly after launch. This review tells of how "groupthink" was the likely cause of the accident. The fact that we as a society so easily succumb to groupthink says a lot about us. First‚ it shows how we are a very conformist society. Peer pressure is still very difficult for us to resist even
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How would you characterize the broader context surrounding the January 1986 teleconference? What impact might that have on the group’s decision making process? The teleconference was held a night prior to the launch of Challenger space shuttle between NASA and Morton Thiokol Inc. Officials at Thiokol raised concerns regarding the performance of O-Rings used in SRB at low temperature. At the low temperatures O-Rings were suspected to harden and lead to slower sealing‚ subsequently
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Have you ever wanted to live in a free from religion‚no war or limted money problems society? If you even lived or experience the lifestyle of an average american ‚you would know you can established any dream that you have diffuculty facing. The American Dream is about overcoming any type of goal without any restrictions. Unlike many other countries American’s don’t live in a communist society. America will provide you with good education‚ a home for you or your family and alot of job oppertunities
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When Space Shuttle Atlantis missionSTS-125 lifted off May 11 for NASA’s final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope‚ a proud Bruin was among the seven crew members. This is her first space flight. Mission Specialist K. Megan McArthur earned her B.S. in aerospace engineering at UCLA in 1993. She went on to obtain a Ph.D. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. In 2000‚ she joined NASA‚ where she worked in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and the Space Station
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and Space Administration (NASA)’s Human Resource Department. This paper reviews NASA’s vision‚ their core values‚ workforce plan goals and key business strategies. Current workforce profiles are reported as well as demographics and key business challenges. This report also includes an overview of NASA’s organizational structure and a future workforce profile. A gap analysis of the workforce is enclosed as well as closing strategies. Context and Environment: In 2010‚ the Space Shuttle Program
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On the fateful morning of January 26‚ 1988‚ the challenger shuttle broke up and burst into flames within 73 seconds of lift off. Many factors have to be considered when trying to figure out the cause of this disaster‚ and also how it could have been avoided. Poor communication between NASA managers‚ Thiokol managers‚ and Thiokol engineers played a major role in aiding this disaster. For a shuttle to be cleared for take off even when a lot of odds were against its successful liftoff shows that it
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Fire * 2.5 Hazardous materials * 2.5.1 Radiation contamination * 2.5.2 CBRNs * 2.6 Transportation * 2.6.1 Road * 2.6.2 Aviation * 2.6.3 Railroad * 2.6.4 Space Crime Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority (via mechanisms such as legal systems) can ultimately prescribe a conviction. Individual human societies may each define crime and crimes differently. While every crime violates
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13 “Houston We ’ve Got A Problem” 12/1/11 Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third mission by NASA to land a space shuttle onto the moon. The crew aboard the ship consisted of James A. Lovell‚ Jr.‚ John L. Swigert‚ Jr.‚ and Fred W. Haise‚ Jr. (KSC). The launch date for Apollo 13 was set for April 11‚ 1970 at 13:13 Houston time (James A. Lovell). The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum summarizes the events of the Apollo 13 incident as “An explosion in one of the oxygen tanks crippled the
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easily than anyone might have imagined because of deindividuation. * The Indianapolis Colts * Except openness to differing opinions * Finding holes in all arguments that go against the group’s desires * The 1986 Challenger space shuttle explosion was the result of groupthink. * Cults are to _______________ as Abu Ghraib is to _______________. C) groupthink; deindividuation * and is effective at immunizing people from undesirable beliefs. B) inoculation effect: is
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