Psalm 51

Most of the books and films about the Space Shuttle Challenger that I could locate focused on the technical side of the explosion. I could not find anything that focused on Christa McAuliffe and Allan McDonald as the events unfolded. I want to start off my film with a quote by Gus Grissom; he is a famous astronaut who perished during a pretest launch for Apollo I. Grissom said, “If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will…

On January 28, 1986, seven astronauts Christa McAuliffe, (an American History and English teacher), Judith Resnik, (Mission Specialist), Francis (Dick) Scobee, (Spacecraft Commander),Ronald McNair, (Mission Specialist), Michael Smith, (Pilot), Ellison Onizuka, (Mission Specialist),and Gregory Jarvis, (Payload Specialist), dove into an adventure that would take one American citizen (a teacher) into the depths of space. The Challenger was an extremely inspirational mission, just not in the way…

Space Shuttle Tragedy Address Rhetorical Analysis On the 28th of January 1986, President Ronald Reagan was supposed to report on the state of the Union, but his plans were changed. Earlier that day, space shuttle Challenger 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…

Risk management primarily refers to the risk of life that an organization must account and conduct procedures for, implying that the risk is already present and not created by the organization’s decisions which grants a protective coating for the consequences of the risk to be hidden. Risks can be managed in one of three categories: preventable risks, strategy risks, and external risks; which are categorized based on the level of controllability an organization can take accountability for.…

The National Tragedy The Challenger was a horrible tragedy the american public had to witness, but we as a country will not let it get in the way of our future accomplishments. The Challenger was a spacecraft that exploded on January 28, 1986 while its departure to space along with 7 crew members inside. The president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, then delivered the “Address To The Challenger Disaster” to the nation and the crew members families. Reagan crafted the speech to let everyone…

Name Instructor Course Date of Submission Columbia Shuttle Crush Disaster Abstract This paper discusses the Columbia shuttle crash disaster that occurred on February 1, 2003. Pressure suits, seat restraints, as well as the space shuttle crew’s helmets failed to work. The result was a devastating incident as the out-out-control ship broke apart after losing pressure. Following the incident, no survivors were rescued. A report from NASA claims that the incident led to the death of all astronauts…

The Challenger Space Shuttle tragedy is one of the most widely studied cases of design negligence in history. Its explosion on January 28th, 1986 was the result of a design flaw in the solid rocket boosters. Problems with the design were detected a long time prior to the launch date, however due to a constraint in time, and pressure from NASA management to maintain its frequent launch schedule, the design was not changed. After the launch failure, investigations into the cause of the explosion…

History Era Project 1970-1990 The Challenger space shuttle disaster was the worst moment in the NASA programs history.It starts as a normal day it was going to mark the shuttles 10th successfully launch.The Challenger was expected to perform as expected after being tested for 11 months there were no doubts about the launch. When the shuttle took off everything was normal, but after 73 seconds it exploded killing all 7 crew members including a school teacher.Marking it as the most horrific moment…

On January 28 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean only seventy-three seconds after takeoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. The Challenger was the second space shuttle constructed by NASA. Also, it had completed nine successful missions before the disaster. Following the accident, the shuttle program was suspended for 32 months as President Ronald Regan appointed a Commission, chaired by William P. Rogers and known as the Rogers Commission, to investigate…

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…