Causes of Accident Challenger’s STS-51L mission was scheduled for Launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral‚ Fla. “After several technical and weather-related delays‚ Challenger launched at 11:38 a.m. EST on Jan. 28‚ 1986” (Chow‚ 2011). The ship exploded 73 seconds after liftoff (Howell‚ 2012). The (mechanical) cause of the accident points to pressure seals (O-rings) but more importantly points to the serious problems that NASA had with its communication channels and safety information
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the breach of nationalism‚ and the encroaching ultimatums that generated resistance to negotiations and spawned hostile threats. Nationalism caused the fight to maintain sovereignty over empires that were built through imperialism‚ and this fight added fire to the flame that erupted into WW1. Nationalism caused arrogance within the countries and it caused them to feel entitled .Each country felt that they were to prove their countries’ superiority through fighting. The British believed that they
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Analyse the factors that cause differences in the hazards caused by volcanoes around the world (40 marks) A hazard is defined as something which has the potential to kill or cause harm. However a hazard is only a risk to people if they are exposed to it. This is when a hazard can cause disasters. For example‚ a volcano is only a hazard if the population comes in contact with the consequences of its activity. Hazards and their likeliness to become disasters can depend on many different factors‚ for
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What Was the Exact Cause Of The Great Depression? The United States Great Depression leads many people to believe different stories about what actually caused it. The Stock Market Crash in October of 1929 is often referred to as the beginning of the Great Depression‚ but did it actually cause it? The answer is that it was the spark that lit the flame of the Great Depression. The Great depression was a financial decline that started in 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s. Its pinpoint was
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Issues began to come about in these societies due to revolts and rebellions by the people. They were unhappy with the way they were treated and their life style that they were forced to live by their mother countries. This caused tensions within the societies. The greatest cause of these tensions was the Stono Rebellion‚ followed by the Bacon’s Rebellion and the witchcraft trials in Salem‚ and finally‚ the
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mood‚ social interaction‚ and impulsiveness that cause distress to one experiencing them‚ as well as to other people in their lives.” (Personality Disorders) It can effect a persons daily life as they may feel like they do not belong in society. They can also feel left out in situations where others may be feeling empathy or sadness that someone suffering from the disease may not feel. Symptoms and causes Some research says that one of the main causes
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What causes the seasons? Earth’s seasons are created by the direct and indirect sunlight that locations on Earth receive during the year‚ which is caused by the Earth’s constant 23.5˚ tilt toward the north star‚ making the direct sunlight locations get differ throughout the year. The Angle of Sunlight Lab‚ measured the temperature of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere while a light source was directed at it for 8 minutes. The position of the Earth simulated what December looks like for Earth
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After the roaring twenties America fell into a dark time that negatively affected the people. This time period is know as the Great Depression. There were many causes leading up to Great Depression. Such as a new system for buying and selling known as the stock market. In the beginning this seemed like a good thing to the people of the Americas. But soon after it had a devastating effect on the economy that can still be seen in the economy of America today. In this first days of this new
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prospects of a governmental system that promoted liberty and equality. The unfair representation of the third estate‚ the spread of enlightenment ideas‚ and the high price and scarcity of bread caused the French Revolution‚ with the high price and scarcity of bread being the most significant because it caused the people to develop severe anger due to starvation‚ and they never would have had such a large amount of anger if they weren’t hungry.
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their lifetime. Women’s centers and hospitals perform more than a million abortions per year. Most abortions are done on women under the age of 25. Majority of abortions are done for teenagers. Abortions are obviously in great demand. Most of the causes of abortions for women are due to personal and medical problems‚ and abusive sexual acts (rape pregnancy). The vast majority (in surplus of 90%) of abortions are wanted for personal reasons. About 6% of all abortions are wanted because either the
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