Chair of the Mission Management team for the last Columbia mission‚ was hired by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) soon after she graduated college. She began her career with NASA as a Propulsion Systems Monitor at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston‚ Texas. Over the years she rose through the ranks of NASA to Chair the Mission Management team for STS-107‚ which was the failed mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia that broke up upon re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere
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Against Space Program Funding Opening Statement: The government uses approximately 17.6 billion dollars of the taxpayers money to fund NASA every year. We shouldn’t be funding NASA that money when our economy is the worst it’s been since the Great Depression; we need to focus and spend our money on the problems here on Earth. NASA hasn’t done anything significant in space in years. And it’s incredibly risky and dangerous going up there. Arguments: 1) Our economy is the worst it’s been since
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THE CULTURAL TALE OF TWO SHUTTLES NASA’s habit of relaxing safety standards to meet financial and time constraints set the stage for the Feb. 1 loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts‚ investigators said Tuesday. They warned that the agency’s “broken safety culture” would lead to tragedy again unless fundamental changes are made. In a wide-ranging analysis of decades of NASA history‚ the Columbia Accident Investigation Board said the space agency’s attitude toward safety
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The loss of the space shuttle Columbia prompted an investigation to determine the factors that contributed to the accident. Essential to the investigation was collecting and analyzing data associated not only with the Columbia accident‚ but that of the 1987 loss of the space shuttle Challenger. Evidence from the investigation indicated that lessons learned from the Challenger were not necessarily applied to the shuttle program and may have been instrumental in the loss of the Columbia. It was determined
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The third of three NASA tragedies occurred in February of 2003. During re-entry after two week mission‚ the Columbia shuttle broke apart. A thorough investigation linked the cause to a section of the silica ceramic insulation foam that lined the underbelly of the spacecraft. The entire crew was killed. Lost or damaged insulation tiles have been a reoccurring issue that never escalated into life threatening status until now. During the investigation‚ NASA officials noticed that a chunk of foam
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Looking back in time not only at the Columbia but also the Challenger shuttle missions‚ one can see and briskly imagine what went wrong and how the crises could’ve been prevented. Also‚ one can see how these problems were not addressed in time and in proper manner. As we take a look back‚ we can pin point many problems that occurred with communication‚ schedule pressure‚ and “true” professionalism across diverse teams that led to the catastrophic disasters. With all this we can quickly derive to
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leading edges of the Space Shuttle orbiter. It has been used in the brake systems of Formula One racing cars since 1976; carbon–carbon brake discs and pads are a standard component of Formula One brake systems. Carbon–carbon is well-suited to structural applications at high temperatures‚ or where thermal shock resistance and/or a low coefficient of thermal expansion is needed. While it is less brittle than many other ceramics‚ it lacks impact resistance; Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed during
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References: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2012). Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved from http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttle_faq.html#1 Velasquez‚ M. G. (2012). Business Ethics Concepts and Cases (Seventh ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Education
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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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Reagan: A True American Hero" "We will continue our quest in space. There will be more flights and more space shuttle crews. And‚ yes‚ more volunteers." -Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan‚ viewed by some as a true American hero‚ was as stupendous as presidents can be. His dramatic speeches and down-to-earth personality made people proud to be American. Ronald Reagan seemed more then American. He was a patriot. Ronald Reagan cared deeply for the American people as well at their values
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