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 16 -day mission of the Columbia in 2003
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Due: November 5‚ 2013 Introduction The end of the space shuttle program has brought a great loss to NASA and the employee at the Kennedy Space Center. This loss not only effect the direct employees but have also effect the contractors at Alliant Techsystem‚ whom was task with much of the construction of the Ares rocket that would catapult the Orion capsule and known as one of the most established supplier for NASA. As the space shuttle program come to an end‚ ATK started collecting data from
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On February 1‚ 2003‚ the space shuttle titled Columbia disintegrated upon reentry. People watched in horror as what seemed to be a meteor came falling from the sky while breaking apart over Louisiana. At exactly 8:59 EST over Texas and Louisiana‚ the Space Shuttle Columbia entered earth’s atmosphere to begin reentry. As it entered the dead zone‚ nobody could contact the shuttle as it began to disintegrate around the crew. When it entered orbit again it exploded and fell in Nacogdoches. The craft
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The space shuttle Columbia broke down over the Atlantic Ocean‚ off the coast of Cape Canaveral in the attempt to put a satellite payload into orbit. All seven crew members died which included five NASA astronauts and two other payload specialists. The NASAs managers were anxious for several reasons‚ including economic‚ political pressures and schedule timings for the launch. This event also involved the competition between European space agency and the Russians. The purpose of the mission was to
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In the Strike in Space case‚ there are two primary problems. One major problem is the misuse of authority of the ground control in the way it manages the astronauts. This abuse of power is evident in several sub-issues such as: micromanagement‚ procedural injustice‚ and the disregard for employee input. Another major problem is lack of motivation caused by unrealistic expectations‚ poorly defined goals‚ and the absence of an incentive policy. Micromanagement (Taylorism/Scientific Management)
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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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RISK CASE STUDY – ASSIGNEMENT 2 August 3‚ 20111 THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER Risk Management Plan 1. Risk management plan summarizes risk management approach‚ list methodologies and processes‚ defines everyone’s role – definition of risk management plan. NASA was using for the most part qualitative risk assessment process. Launch of the shuttle was allowed as long as aggregate risk remained acceptable. Quantitive method was applied for risk assessment because if the complex
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The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28‚ 1986‚ when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight‚ leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean‚ off the coast of central Florida‚ United States‚ at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC). Disintegration of the entire vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The O-ring failure caused a breach in the SRB joint it sealed
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at NASA? What are its strengths and weaknesses. 3. How has NASA treated/classified foam strikes in the past. Why have they been treated this way? 4. How did the history of the Space program shape people’s behavior during the first 8 days of the mission? 5. How would you characterize the NASA response to the Columbia incident relative to the Apollo 13 incident. How does it compare to the Challenger incident? 6. What difference in
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Chawla (March 17‚ 1962[1] – February 1‚ 2003) was born in Karnal‚ India. She was the first Indian American astronaut[2] and first Indian woman in space.[3] She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. In 2003‚ Chawla was one of seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Chawla completed her earlier schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan School‚Karnal. She was underage and to enable her to enroll in school‚ her date
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