Yes, I believe the Challenger disaster was a result of groupthink. There were many things presented in the brief reading above that leads me to think this. One sign of groupthink is that members are pressured to go along with the go along with the group. A prime example of this is that Morton Thiokol management advised against the launch, but reversed their decision at the behest of their engineers. Another sing of groupthink is that the members are very concerned with reinforcing the leader’s beliefs. This can be seen in that President Reagan believed that he launch would be successful enough that teachers would be allowed on board. This encouraged the launch to go on as planned because others didn’t want to have different beliefs than
