Disaster recovery

In the cases of the Challenger and the Columbia tragedies, organizational failures played a vital role. For the Challenger, there had been a teleconference between the engineers from Morton Thiokol (the company that designed the O-rings that cased the Challenger to explode), the Kennedy Space Center and the Marshall Space Flight Center. The engineers, who were low level, expressed their concerns for the safety of the crew as well as the Space Shuttle but were ignored. In the case of the Columbia…

On Feb. 1 2003, seven astronauts lost their lives when the space shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth. This was the second space shuttle disaster after the Challenger blew up during launch in 1986. Shuttle operations were interrupted by Challenger's demise. It wouldn't be until 1989 that Columbia flew again. But before that the Columbia flew once more in November 1983, carrying the Spacelab experiment module for the first time as well as the first European Space Agency astronaut.…

putting the finishing touches on his State of the Union speech, which was slated to occur that evening (Cannon, “Challenger Disaster”). At this same moment in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the space shuttle Challenger began its launch. However, this spacecraft would never exit our atmosphere; 73 seconds after liftoff, it exploded, killing all seven passengers (“Challenger Disaster”). After learning of these events, Reagan and his advisors decided that a State of the Union with the country in this…

Superhero Hall of Fame Technology: Creative Communication Engineering: Developing Solutions 60 Minute Lesson All Superhero Cards Ball (1 for the last group activity) BrickLAB Bricks Meeting Our Heroes (10 minutes) Superhero Hall of Fame (40 minutes) What Makes Me Super (10 minutes) Use your creativity and design skills to build a brick representation of your favorite superhero. NGSS K-2-ETS1-2 Develop a simple sketch, drawing or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it…

disintegrated nearing the conclusion of its 28th mission killing all seven crew members on board. This occurred whilst re-entering the atmosphere over Texas, intending to land at Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre. Subsequent investigations, determined the disaster was predominantly caused by a failure which occurred seconds after the January 16 launch. Remnants of the shuttles foam insulation broke off from the external fuel tank and at extreme speeds the shuttle collided with the foam, the impact…

and the Internet were all invented in her youth. In 1986, in the 6th grade, Marlena watched the Space Shuttle Challenger explode on television during class. In the same year she experienced a 5.0 earthquake. The shuttle explosion was the first disaster she ever witnessed. It…

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…

nothing to do with the explosion, they burned the remaining fuel before re-entry. Space exploration takes a lot of money, the budget increased 3.1 percent from 2003 to 2004. The Columbia incident was the second of two tragedies of space shuttle disasters in the past 30 years, the other tragedy being the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. These accidents are being used as learning experiences, to further improve protocol, technology and safety. Space exploration must continue, as we have so much…

Judith Resnik was an Engineer and a NASA Astronaut. She was born April 5, 1949 in Akron, Ohio. She graduated from Firestone High School. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1970, as well as a doctorate’s degree and Master’s in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland in 1977. In 1984 she received a NASA Space Medal. She was apart of two major NASA Space missions onboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-41-D which took place in…

Astronaut Luca Parmitan’s EMU experienced a near life threatening fluid leak during his space walk in 2013. During his spacewalk, Parmitan reported feeling water in his helmet and behind his head. The spacewalk continued up until the water reached his face, making it difficult for him to see and breathe. A photo of the EMU helmet worn by Astronaut Luca Parmitan filling up with water to recreate the leakage. (NASA, 2013) At first, the leakage was thought to have occurred due to a malfunction in…