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    Space Project that was made just in 1984 with Ronald Reagan. The incident of the Challenger called for President Reagan to address the issue, and former President Ronald Reagan answered the call with his famous speech, "Shuttle `Challenger ' Disaster Address." Within his speech, Reagan not only addressed the issue, but he comforted those who tuned in to watch, paid tribute to the astronauts for their service, and also encouraged future space quest. Ronald Reagan’s tone was very…

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    safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties" (ASME Code of Ethics, 2009). These engineers in the case studies above have failed to fulfil their duty of care to the public. In the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, Lund 's decision to approve the launch was made by weighing the costs and benefits of risking the flight crew 's lives to make the launch schedule to save his company. In the Pinto Ford madness, the engineers went along with the manager 's…

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    What could have been the purpose of a Ronald W. Reagan’s speech after a catastrophic incident? On January 28, 1986, a space shuttle launched from NASA suffered a casualty when the shuttle named The Challenger was on the air, as it broke apart. This launching was showcased on national television, causing the crew’s children witness their parents’ death, and most children in the U.S. being traumatized by it. As a way of unifying the nation after a tragedy of that essence, President Ronald W.…

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    The Challenger Failure

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    The Challenger’s first ever mission was on April 4, 1983. The challenger took place in The United States of America. The Challenger was named after the HMS Challenger Royal Navy corvette. This was successful until one morning it exploded. This tragedy happened on January 28, 1986. What happened was that two rubber O-rings had failed due to cold temperatures. The thing was that the rocket exploded seventy-three seconds or one minute and thirteen seconds. There were seven crew members…

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    The Challenger space shuttle was scheduled to embark on its 10th mission on January 28, 1986. It was a project coordinated by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Morton Thiokol, Inc. (MTI). The later company was concerned with the engineering of the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs), which facilitated the space shuttle’s lift off. The SRBs contained a U-joint that required O-rings to seal pressure gaps caused by ignition in the boosters (Diane Vaughan, 1989, p. 330). The…

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    Mae Jemison is not only the first African American woman to go into space but a very intelligent and strong woman who has left a mark on the America. Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. Her father, Charlie Jemison, worked as a roofer and a carpenter. Her mother, Dorothy Jemison worked as an elementary school teacher. When Jemison was three years old, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois. Better educational opportunities in Chicago prompted their move. They…

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    Challenger Explosion Memo

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    Document Awas an internal NASA responseby Leon Rayto MTI’s proposal to relax standards on the O-ring. Given that this document was written 8 years before the disaster,it could have prevented the explosionfrom occurring. However, due to a lack of accessibility in the document, it failed in its purpose of informing NASA managementabout the issues with the O-Ring.Document Bwasonce againan internal NASA responseby…

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    Speech Analysis: President Ronald Reagan's Address on the Space Shuttle “Challenger” Ever had a day already planned out and then something happens that throws everything array? On the evening of January twenty-eighth in 1986, President Ronald Reagan's main goal of the speech was to mourn and remember the lives lost. Ronald Reagan delivered the speech because he was the President and also because he was fit to present this speech to the public because he's not personally invested in the lives…

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    Recently I’ve been exploring a new and fairly bizarre concept of physiological psychology claiming that most of our most vivid memories are actually wrong. It seems so deeply frightening that our most detailed and intense memories may not be nearly as truthful as we think. Memories that we as individuals are absolutely POSITIVE about may actually be distorted and/or fabricated in our own minds without us consciously being aware of it. One cooky discrepancy in the realm of (what I strongly…

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    broke apart after lift off due to O-ring failure because of cold weather. The Challenger disaster killed all seven of the astronauts on board the shuttle. Due to the space shuttle Challenger disaster earlier that day, President Ronald Reagan decided that instead of giving his speech on the state of the Union that he was scheduled to give, he spoke to the nation about the tragedy that is the Challenger disaster. President Ronald Reagan did not have much time to have a speech prepared. Even though…

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