4 seconds? After an impact involving a non-functioning satellite‚ a paint chip leaves the surface of the satellite at a speed of 96 m/s. After 17 seconds‚ how far has the chip landed? The space shuttle Endeavor is launched to altitude of 500 km above the surface of the earth. The shuttle travels at an average rate of 700 m/s. How long will it take for Endeavor to reach its orbit? How long will your trip take (in hours) if you travel 350 km at an average speed of 80 km/hr?
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president J F Kennedy‚ John Lennon‚ the Space shuttle disaster in 1986‚ and the attack on the twin towers. One study to challenge this was a study led by Ulric Neisser in 1992. It compared people’s immediate recollections and then their later recollections two and a half years after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was suggested that people’s memories of the event and how they had heard about it deteriorated considerably. It could be suggested that in the space of the two and a half years more
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the 1986 Challenger disaster? Here is a brief trailer for a larger analysis of the disaster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K2vqVAG7iI Do you‚ or does the literature‚ think that NASA ’s organizational culture was also to blame for the 2003 Columbia disaster‚ or was the problem of groupthink alleviated in the intervening 17 years? Please use your text and online research about the administrative issues that led to this disaster. Remember to cite your sources and reply to at least 2 of your
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The Challenger Disaster Space shuttle Challenger launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral‚ Florida on January 28‚ 1986. The initial shuttle launch was delayed for six days due to poor weather and technical problems. After launch‚ the space shuttle Challenger exploded a minute and thirteen seconds after liftoff. The last words heard by the crew was from the captain‚ Mike Smith stating‚ “Uh- oh‚” (Ranker) proving that he was aware of a problem in the launch. The several astronauts were
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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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Nation on Challenger is one of his better and well known speeches‚ the speech addressed the nation during a time of agony. This speech was given instead of the planned state of the union speech given annually by presidents. On January 28th 1986 a space shuttle took off on the coast of Florida and it
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O-rings‚ which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster‚ had faileddue to cold temperature. NASA and its contractor had evidence that rocket motor O-rings could fail below 53 degrees Fahrenheit‚ but NASA had previously launch shuttle below 53F and gotten away with it many times so‚ NASA was confident that O-rings would not fail. NASA decided to ignore
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communication. Few‚ however‚ have had such eye-opening impact that they continue to be discussed decades after their occurrence. Two such incidents to have reached this height are concerning the Three Mile Island nuclear plant and the Challenger shuttle launch. (Martha Cooper. Three Mile Island. 1979. The Washington Post. Web. 13 July 2012) (Martha Cooper. Three Mile Island. 1979. The Washington Post. Web. 13 July 2012) In March of 1979‚ the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant of Middleton
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pressure of launching over a dozen Space Shuttle flights by the end of the year‚ hindered the program with a critical lack of safety measures and concerns. This would not only cost the program millions‚ but would also claim the lives of 7 very unique and special individuals‚ including the woman who was to be the first teacher in space. Perhaps the most recognizable result of this oversight towards safety concerns in the NASA workforce‚ was the loss of the Space Shuttle “Challenger.” The event has been
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a satellite that transports data from space to Earth. It was also supposed to have the first non-astronaut in space for the Teacher in Space Program. But 73 seconds into the launch the Challenger exploded killing all seven crew members. It will still continue to be known as a great disaster in NASA that affected many of their ways of doing things. The purpose of the Challenger mission was to improve a satellite that didn’t transfer a lot of data from space to Earth so they flew out the second TDRS-B
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