All engineering is based on risks and hazards. Nothing is perfect. A prototype still contains lots of errors. On lower level engineering projects‚ these may not be so harmful but on a higher level project they can be deadly. In 1986‚ the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during launch‚ taking the lives of six astronauts and one teacher. Questions arose about what factors led to this disaster. I will discuss these factors in terms of general engineering disasters. In an article “Explaining
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The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster – Organisational Causes Introduction The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster has been well investigated and analysed as a typical management case by numerous researchers. Although the disaster is the direct result of a technical issue‚ the hardware failure of a solid rocket booster (SRB) O-ring caused by abnormally low temperatures‚ there is an unambiguous relationship between the disaster and numerous organizational factors such as communication (Gouran et
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and control system in the reality from the cases study of Challenger disaster. The real cause of the space shuttle Challenger accident 1986 was the flawed decision making process leading to the launch of the shuttle. The flawed decision making process was not a result of individual mistake. Rather‚ it was a product of problematic management and control system of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). I found this case interesting because the failure was produced by a highly regulated
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CHAPTER 13 1. | | | Imagine comparing a manufacturing operation using regular lot-sizing and the same operation with a Kanban/lean production approach. What would be your expectations of the difference between the total cost (i.e.‚ inventory holding costs + setup/ordering costs) of each? | | | Student Response | Value | Correct Answer | A. | Inventory holding cost will increase non-linearly with inventory | | | B. | Total costs will be lower for the regular lot-size
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Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a historic flight to send the first civilian‚ an American school teacher‚ into space (Ajith & Chakrabarti‚ 2012). Approximately 73 seconds after the launch‚ the Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean‚ killing all seven astronauts on board (Ajith & Chakrabarti‚ 2012). Investigations
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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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forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.". This quote shows how much humanity values space exploration for its symbolic and real value. But since Neil Armstrong said this there has been a change in the way people view space exploration. For example‚ during the height of the space race NASA’s budget was 4.4% of U.S. GDP but today its only 0.5%. Jerry DeGroot‚ History professor at the University of St. Andrews‚ said "Funding NASA siphons
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still strived to follow his dream of one day taking a rocket to the moon. ("Robert Goddard"‚ 2008). Robert H. Goddard invented the first liquid-fueled rocket‚ improving upon the previous basic space crafts‚ despite the extremely negative thoughts society had on his ideas as he started a new era of space travel (Narins‚ 2008). Creating the first liquid-fueled rocket wasn’t as effortless as it appeared. Unfortunately‚ Robert H. Goddard suffered from illness causing him to be self-taught (Narins
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Aeronautics and Space Administration] obtains less than one percent of the American government spendings. The government of the United States can decrease funds for other things that we don’t particularly need and exchange that with NASA. American’s government should fund more money to NASA. If the American government sends less money to the things that people don’t need. According to “marvininlindsay.typepad.com” the government funds more money on transportation than exploring space. To be exact NASA
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even know. Most people do not know this but “the Cochlear Implant” was pioneered by NASA (NASA spinoff‚ 2003). NASA has always been known for their space crafts‚ but when they came up with the idea of the Cochlear
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