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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look out for the key symptoms of Groupthink. Groupthink can negatively affect group communication and problem solving. Two well-known examples of Groupthink in action are the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster and the Bay of Pigs invasion (“Mindtools.com‚” 2012). Engineers of the Challenger space shuttle knew about some faulty parts months before takeoff. But due to the fact that they did not want negative press they pushed ahead with the launch anyway. With the Bay of Pigs invasion‚ President
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On February 1‚ 2003 a great American tragedy occurred as NASA’s space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry to Earth‚ killing all seven crew members on board. This marked the 28th and final mission for one of the United State’s most prestigious orbiters. During the weeks and months following this tragedy‚ many people asked “why” such a terrible event occurred. And while the root-cause may seem obvious now‚ many theories were raised by Congress‚ the press and engineers within NASA. More
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seen as an exceptional technologically savvy country through his superior to any other‚ achievements of being the first of many situations as a Canadian in space. Firstly‚ Chris Hadfield became the first Canadian in to walk in space‚ thus portraying Canada’s eagerness to participate in larger affairs further developing the Canadian identity. Space exploration was once heavily dominated by the larger powers of the world‚ Canada was merely seen as a helper in the bigger picture. The nation was ignored
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JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE Lachlan Milligan Part 1: Research of an Optical Instrument or Device The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)‚ named after James Webb who played a pivotal role in the Apollo program‚ is renowned for replacing the Hubble space telescope due its uncontested visibility (HubbleSite‚ 2015)‚ created by modern technology. The JWST cost $8.7 billion US (NASA JWST‚ 2016) and is scheduled to be launched in October 2018 and will offer unparalleled resolution from long-wavelength
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The space expedition has become one of the hottest topics in the last few decades. Many space research programs are searching for lives on other planets such as Mars‚ Jupiter etc. They are searching billions of dollars every year on these researches. On the other hand‚ there are many people‚ who believe that these space expeditions are simply waste of resources. Both sides will be discussed below and my opinion to which holds the weight will be given. At the outset‚ there are numerous reasons why
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International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It speeds around the earth from hundreds of miles up. “On January 29‚ 1998‚ fifteen countries signed the intergovernmental agreements (IGA) establishing the framework for cooperation among the partners on the design‚ development‚ operation and utilization of the Space Station.” (“Partner Signs ISS”). The idea for using the ISS is as a platform to explore the Moon‚ Mars and
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far beyond earth like Mars. We even have space station for human to live on it for temporary of time‚ but that is not enough there are still a lot more to found out and discover. Here is why space exploration is good. Curiosity is what drive us human to learn more‚ to do more‚ to discover more. As our Technology get better each year‚ we are able discover more unknowns and challenge the boundaries of what limit us from going further. As we continue space exploration‚ we will ultimately answer these
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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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Bibliography: Human Relations‚ Vol 44‚ no 6‚ 1991‚ Group desicion fiascos continue: Space Shuttle challenger and a revised group think framework‚ Gregory Moorhead‚ page 541‚ [Janis‚ 1972‚ P. 8] Transformational leadership‚ corporate Cultism and Spirituality paradigm: An unholy trinity in the workplace‚ Denis Tourish and Ashly Pinnington‚ Shamir
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