The content of the reading and the lecture is about one of the largest explosions in history - the explosion in Tunguska in 1908. The reading supports the idea that it was a massive methane gas explosion while the lecture argues that it was an asteroid strike which caused the explosion. According to the reading passage‚ the fact that no rocks or material from an asteroid have been found and nobody witnesses an asteroid streaking across the sky means that there is no evidence of an asteroid strike
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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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The Texas City Explosion of 1947 On April 16‚1947‚ a day that probably began like many others‚ in Texas City‚ Texas until shortly before 8:00 in the morning. The hatch covers were removed from hold 4 of the French ship Grandcamp. This morning it was to be loaded with the remainder of it’s ammonium nitrate fertilizer. I’m not sure how much it had left to load but it already had 2‚300 tons on board at this time. The fertilizer was not the only thing that the Grandcamp had on board for this trip
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The Deep Horizon oil rig explosion was categorically impacted by bias decision making. The leaders that day executed from a heuristic view‚ and also from an overconfidence bias. The two corporations colliding that day‚ BP and Transocean‚ underestimated the calamity occurring right before them. Twenty anomalies occurring simultaneously did not cause significant alarm to make a drastic and immediate decision to prevent the explosion. The team minimized the probability that the rig would explode
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The Sultana explosion “All of a sudden‚ the boilers erupted in a mammoth explosion‚ nearly splitting the Sultana in half” (Billings 1). The Sultana was going upriver on the Mississippi River when the boilers and the steamer stopped working (Billings 1). When all of a sudden a gigantic explosion on the boat killed 1‚700 people which is more than the Titanic (Billings 1). The boat was going up river and the boilers and steamer stopped working which caused the explosion (Billings 1). “The strain of
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in a cold sweat every morning‚ clawing at the sheets in search of his body to comfort me. December 7th is a day I will never forget. It was the day my husband‚ Peter‚ was brutally murdered while serving in the American Navy. He was aboard the USS Arizona‚ one of the three ships completely demolished by the Japanese bombs. My two children‚ James‚ seventeen‚ and Linda‚ sixteen‚ were completely devastated. During the first week‚ they busied themselves with planning their father’s
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concerns in the NASA workforce‚ was the loss of the Space Shuttle “Challenger.” The event has been dubbed by historians‚ as the “Challenger Explosion.” Following the accident‚ a detailed report was given to the U.S government‚ known as the “Roger’s report.” This gave the Government vital information
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extremely dense point exploded with unimaginable force‚ creating matter and propelling it outward to make the billions of galaxies of our vast universe. Astrophysicists dubbed this titanic explosion the Big Bang. The Big Bang was like no explosion you might witness on earth today. For instance‚ a hydrogen bomb explosion‚ whose center registers approximately 100 million degrees Celsius‚ moves through the air at about 300 meters per second. In contrast‚ cosmologists believe the Big Bang flung energy in
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The USS CHIEF MCM-14 Avenger class is named after the former USS CHIEF AM-315‚ in honor of the service and tradition of all Chief Petty Officers in the United States Navy. It was christened by Mrs. Susan Bushey‚ the wife of Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy MCPON Duane Bushey (7th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy) on June 12‚ 1993. She had her first Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander Timothy Garrold on July 8‚ 1994 and later it was commissioned November 5‚ 1994. The mine countermeasure
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USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) 06/07-06/11 Common Operational Picture Manager Manager • Divisional LCPO; planned‚ organized and managed the daily activity of 30 personnel resulting in 50% advancement and three Sailors of the Quarter during a four year tour. • Developed and presented measures that detail track counts‚ duplicates‚ time latencies along with channel statuses and other possible
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