Rachel White The Challenger On January 28th‚ 1986‚ 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
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Challenger Space Shuttle Risk Assessment (Extra Credit) The multiple failures that led the disastrous events on the 28th of January‚ 1986 were inexcusable. The reason the Challenger Space Shuttle blew up 73 seconds after launch was the result of a faulty sealing system which allowed exhaust flames from the Solid-Fuel Rocket Boosters (SRB) to vent directly on the external tank‚ rupturing the tank and causing the explosion. There was excessive erosion on the O-ring in the booster field joints
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causes and effects of the Challenger and Columbia disasters It was the day in the history of America wherein the people had a great expectation of a mission that would take a civilian for the first time into the space by launched the Challenger‚ in 1986‚ but something unexpected happened when the shuttle explored shortly after liftoff and claiming the lives of all crew members onboard. That was not the only exploration of the American history‚ another similar disaster was the exploration of a
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and Fantasy The Challenger Disaster Abstract Could the challenger disaster have been avoided? I once heard a smart man say “Never get to confortable with what you are doing and if you get to confortable change your work”. The challenger disaster was the product of over confidentiality of the engineers working in the project. The problem that the challenger had been a failure of the O-rings in the engine‚ these O-rings failed to keep gases inside the engine. When the challenger was launched the
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The Space Shuttle Program; Beginning of The Future We have made much progress on our knowledge about what is beyond our atmosphere. We have put a man on the moon and have educated our society about our universe. We have built an international space station that allows human beings to live outside our atmosphere for years‚ researching and studying so that we may understand Earth in a much better way. We have learned so much about our world‚ and a lot of it is thanks to the Space Shuttle Program
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Responding to Groupthink and Faulty Reasoning at NASA The group think concept is a summary of why many times groups make poor decisions. Yes its true what they say‚ that the more 1 mind is better than 2 and 3 is better than two‚ because they can provide different opinion’s and vantage points then if it is just one or two people discussing something. Many times in a group situation lower level employees won’t consult management because they know if they do‚ the decision will get bogged down in
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Introduction Lessons learned in Project Management In good project management‚ it is very important that the project manager with the help of the project team capture and document for historical reference the experiences encountered during the course of carrying out a project. These experiences whether positive or negative or from past or present projects‚ are very vital to process maturity and improvement and are hence incorporated into future project management procedures.[6] This idea of project
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N.A.S.A. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration or N.A.S.A. is the United States agency that deals with our Space Program‚ our Aeronautics Program‚ and our Aerospace Program. N.A.S.A. was established on July 29‚ 1958‚ became operational on October 1st‚ 1958 and replaced the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A). Some of N.A.S.A.’s projects include the Skylab space station‚ the Apollo missions‚ and the Space Shuttle program. Currently it is developing the Orion Multi-Purpose
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experienced a heart breaking failure which had a great impact on my life. At the age of seven I was introduced to chess. Though I did not have any inclination towards the game my parents wanting me to stay occupied enrolled me in a chess academy where I learnt to play chess. I took to chess very quickly and surprisingly in a week’s time I started playing better than most of the guys my age. I started winning trophies and certificates and playing lots of tournaments and winning most of them. I gained recognition
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Groupthink What is groupthink? There is a simple definition for it‚ but is it truly that simple? The term groupthink refers to the inclination of group members to have the same opinions and beliefs; it frequently leads to mistakes. It often occurs without an individual being aware of it. Conflict is considered to be a harmful element when related to groups‚ but conflict is good when considering groupthink because it helps to eliminate the existence of a groupthink. The explanation sounds
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