Bibliography…………………………………………….. 10 Executive Summary This Report attempts to unfold the management flaws and terrible decision making that marked the morning of the 28th of January 1986 as a terribly tragic disaster. What it sadder is that this disaster was mainly due to inhumane practices conducted by the NASA and the management bodies of companies associated with this project than natural reasons. The whistleblowing led to the loss of billions of dollars and more importantly loss of 7 innocent lives. The
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Dominic Muthert Professor Toomey English 1001 25 September 2014 Reagan’s The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address In the presidential speech‚ “The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address‚” Ronald Reagan states his sympathy for the seven lives that were lost in the devastating explosion and how the space program will continue to move forward. Reagan address’s the audience when he states‚ “We mourn their loss as a nation together.” In the second paragraph‚ Reagan illistartes “Nineteen
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Behavior that went wrong with the challenger case. It will touch down on how the type organizational culture at NASA contributed to the disaster‚ how the organizational structures and communication patterns contributed to flawed decision making and the role that leadership also played in the disaster. Also‚ the paper will cover how ethics apply to the case‚ and the many different ethical levels that can be discussed regarding the disaster and finally‚ it will discuss who was responsible for the "seriously
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The dramatic change in direction of the National Aeronautics Space Administration outlines a key issue within today’s society. In 2011‚ NASA decided‚ after much deliberation‚ to disband their space shuttle program. The reason related to the cost of maintenance and funding of the program. NASA currently focused on deep space exploration rather than more reasonable and cost effective trips to the International space station. However‚ commercialization of space travel and development of a space destination
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On the fateful morning of January 26‚ 1988‚ the challenger shuttle broke up and burst into flames within 73 seconds of lift off. Many factors have to be considered when trying to figure out the cause of this disaster‚ and also how it could have been avoided. Poor communication between NASA managers‚ Thiokol managers‚ and Thiokol engineers played a major role in aiding this disaster. For a shuttle to be cleared for take off even when a lot of odds were against its successful liftoff shows that it
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Kobe Simms 11/10/14 Mr. Horwits Social Science After Hope and Change Chapter 1 Questions Show three facts that illustrate why 2012 was “a fairly narrow victory” for Obama. 1. President Obama had won reelection by a close margin of only 3.85 percent. He earned a rank of 24 out of 30 past elections since the year 1896. 2. President Obama became the only incumbent in history to win reelection while losing vote share. Obama lost vote share in nearly every state during the election
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In the poem "After the Disaster" by Abigail Deutsch she expresses the thought that things could be worse in someoneone’s life and that many different things may come up and impact your life. I believe the primary feeling of the poem would be a little depressed and sad just based off of what all she talks about along the story and by the words she uses to describe this "disaster." But throughout the poem the author‚ Deutsch‚ uses sound‚ symbolism‚ and metaphors to convey the idea that many different
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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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CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE- CASE ANALYSIS On January 28‚ 1986‚ seven astronauts were killed when the space shuttle they were piloting‚ the Challenger‚ exploded just over a minute into the flight. The failure of the solid rocket booster O-rings to seat properly allowed hot combustion gases to leak from the side of the booster and burn through the external fuel tank. The failure of the O-ring was attributed to several
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After numerous design options were considered‚ NASA selected the final configuration for the National Space Transportation System (NSTS) in 1972 otherwise known as The Space Shuttle. In the following years contracts were awarded with managerial responsibilities divided between three field centers; Johnson Space Center in Houston‚ Texas was assigned orbiter oversight‚ Marshall Flight Center in Huntsville‚ Alabama was assigned the orbiter main engines‚ external fuel tank and solid rocket motors (SRMs)
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