Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

73 seconds after the space shuttle lifted off, it broke apart and left its seven crew members dead. Six months before NASA was ready to launch, Roger Boisjoly, an engineer from Morton Thiokol, a company that specializes in rubber and related chemicals, announced to NASA that the O-rings used on the shuttle were susceptible to erosion problems and a failure to fix them could result in a loss of human life. Later, on the evening before the shuttle was launched, on a conference call with…

construction on the Challenger space craft. NASA tried many different materials to build it and each time they came up with a new idea they tested the space craft to see if it was a good idea. They finally decided to use and O-ring. An O-ring is a packing or a toric joint that is in the shape of a circle. It is met to fit tightly between two pieces of metal. An O-ring is not designed to fly in unusually cold conditions. The Challenger was built to serve as a test subject for the shuttle program.…

desire to seek out and understand the truth, despite the harsh reality that we may discover in the process. Robert Frost's poems 'The Tuft of Flowers' and 'After apple picking' and President Ronald Regan speech delivered after the disaster of the Space shuttle Challenger all explore the…

to prosper in an uncertain, volatile, complex, and ambiguous environment. This paper speaks to managing change, resistance, and sustaining change as well as relating these different aspects of change back to the case study “The Challenger and Columbia Shuttle Disasters”.…

the loss of lives in the space shuttle Challenger launch in…

NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. They are the U.S. government agency responsible for science and technology related to air and space(Dunbar, NASA.gov). NASA was created in 1958 at the beginning of the Cold War with the goal winning the Space Race (Sandra, NASA.gov). The Space Race started in 1957, when the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite. They won the Space Race by getting a man to the moon first (Barry, history.nasa.gov). After Neil Armstrong walked on the…

Aerospace engineers are individuals who use technology to create, model and test mechanisms such as aircraft, and spacecraft. This type of Engineer works to improve the technology of space exploration, defense systems and so on. In the aeronautical field you could be working on a project to send people into outer space or working on projects that could be working with the latest ground and sea transportation. When working in aeronautics this type of engineer uses different types of software such…

The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in January 1986 was a public relations nightmare for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Challenger crisis got out of hand and NASA was accused of attempting to impose “news blackout”, which is the censoring of any news related to the event in mass media. The publics and media…

build space vehicles? What is the first thing that comes to your mind? Most people would say space shuttles, but the truth of the matter is there is more to space vehicles than just the space shuttles. In fact there are a total of eight different types of space vehicle classifications. Let’s take a look at the eight different types and why we should continue to develop space vehicles a little closer. For the last 3 years of my military career, I worked in the U.S. Army’s only space…

impact on the listener. This is true for many great speeches such as the Gettysburg Address, President Reagan's Challenger Speech, and John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. All three of these speeches come at a time of despair in America. Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address during the Civil War. Reagan gave his State of the Union Address the same day the U.S. Space Shuttle, the Challenger, exploded. President Kennedy’s inauguration speech came at a time when the future of America was…