pressures. Competition from the European Space Agency put NASA under pressure to come up with a space mission‚ which would hopefully shed light on the ability of NASA to plan commercialized space departures. NASA also had to prove that its program should continue to be funded; another unforeseen pressure pushing NASA to schedule its record number of Space exploration trips that year than in any other year. Also‚ the space shuttle mission scheduled before the Challenger had been delayed over and over; a
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Case Study Analysis Activity Title: Case Analysis Space Shuttle Challenger Accident Name: Date: 7/7/2011 Cause(s) of Accident As I read the Presidents Commission report and the other sources available‚ it is surprising that there are so few direct causes outlined in the Shuttle Challenger’s ill-fated incident on the morning of January 28‚ 1986. I remember that morning well‚ as I was standing on the front stoop of our shop located just off the flight line on MacDill AFB‚ FL some 125 miles from
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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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Challenger Space Shuttle - Case Study In the following case study‚ we’ll have a brief analysis of the disaster that took place with the “Challenger Space Shuttle” and the role played by the 3 most important players: Thiokol‚ NASA and the White House. At the end we will discuss the things that could have prevented not only this but all major disasters that take place in various organizations. Reviewing the Case When the Challenger blew up 73 seconds after launching the Challenger disaster happened
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The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after 73 seconds into flames in flight on January 28‚ 1986 with one of the seven astronauts‚ a school teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard. This incident Challenger present us a case study in organizational communication‚ ethics and culture as it promotes or discourages necessary communication and the ethics of whistle blowing. Pressures developed because of the need to meet customers’ promises‚ which forced obligation to launch a certain number of flights per
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29 October‚ 2013 The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in a ball of fire less than two minutes of launching resulting from a gas tank leakage. The disaster was broadcast live on broad day light news stations across the nation. The Challenger‚ as it is popularly known among all other space shuttles was the first to explode. America was terrified by the horrible incident as it was the first time US astronauts had died in a space shuttle flight. This tragic event
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In January of 1985‚ the Space Shuttle Challenger was scheduled for launch‚ the initial launch date scheduled for January 22‚ 1986. Most of the initial planning(assessing payloads/cargo space) went through without fault. The flight personnel were on track with training and the launch seemed to be a go.(NASA.gov) Many problems would arise‚ some stemming from previous knowledge‚ dating back to 1977‚ the initial test of Martin Thiokol Institute’s or MTI’s Solid Rocket Booster. The Solid Rocket
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DATA ANALYSIS 1.) Why or how did the issues arise? Challenger Space Shuttle * Management’s decision for the launch to proceed. Cause: The upper-level management in both Moton Thiokol and Marshall Flight Center ignored the engineering expertise of the Thiokol engineers who worked on the Solid Rocket Booster Development Program. Effect: An order for the launch to proceed has been decided even when all the facts where unknown about the problem on the SRB design on low-temperatures
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Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion The Challenger Space Shuttle‚ one of the most anticipated shuttle launches‚ was the first mission to ever include a teacher astronaut. Christa McAuliffe‚ the teacher that was going on the shuttle along with six others‚ was supposed to broadcast lessons around the country from space. Sadly‚ all the excitement and joy came to an end shortly after the launch. The mission marked the first time American astronauts lost their lives. One of the worst disasters of manned
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lightweight space shuttle in the 1970’s‚ but they needed a test vehicle in those times‚ computer technology was not as good‚ and advanced like now so they had no way to see how the shuttle would react to heat‚ and stress according to Nasa’s website.The Challenger broke apart 73 seconds while in liftoff on January 28‚ 1986 which killed the 7 astronauts on board‚ and the reason for the incident was because of a booster failure.On April 4th‚ 1983‚ and saw the first spacewalk of the space shuttles program
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