Space Shuttle Challenger

operational space shuttle program. The program was to be cost efficient and have at twenty-four flights per year. By 1985 though, NASA had only managed nine flights for a given year. The shuttle they were using was nine-billion dollars, and wasn’t cost efficient as desired. Then, in 1986, NASA planned its largest number of flights yet. They had fifteen scheduled flights, one that would involve a teacher in the debut of the Teacher-in-Space program. The day before the launch of the Challenger,…

Undoubtedly, one of the most tragic moments in history was the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. On January 28th, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff , killing all 7 of the crew members onboard. There were many theories about what could have caused the explosion to occur. One report claimed that there was a certain pattern with the smoke trail indicating that the shuttle ran into a jetstream. However, freezing temperatures hardened rubber o-rings on one…

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was eager to launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, one of its greatest accomplishments, for its 10th time. In its previous trips, the Space Shuttle Challenger deployed 10 satellites, spent 62 days 7 hours 56 minutes and 22 seconds in space, traveled 25,803,936 miles and did 995 orbits around Earth. The Space Shuttle Challenger had been sitting on the launch pad since December 23, 1984 and the scheduled launch had been postponed three…

SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH, CHALLENGER National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reviewed the first reusable space shuttle in 1976. One of these shuttles was scheduled to launch in 1986, Jan 28. The weather conditions on that day were not conducive for the event as it was too cold to launch the Challenger. As a result the launch was delayed as they were people who were not sure if it would normally launch without any problem given the fact that weather conditions were not conducive. At…

all demanding actions on launching. The operating budget cuts also played a major part because of the “reforms for promoting flight safety in NASA’s management structure had been implemented. Also, the emphasis concerning technical oversight of the shuttle program was restricted. Meanwhile, the conversion in management changed the organization culture that focused on improving efficiency while plummeting cost; which resulted in “sacrificing safety in the name of efficiency”. (Stillman, 2010,…

Kennedy: Address on the Nations Space Program at Rice University The former 35th President of the United States of America John Fitzgerald Kennedy who served approximately 3 years running from 1961 of January to November 22, 1963 has had a great impact on the world from then to today. Of the many substantial widely known privileges we have in modern day, they were thoroughly discussed between Kennedy, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The ‘Address on the Nations Space Program at Rice…

Engineering Disasters Engineers have opportunities and jobs like no other. Marvellous buildings and structures are completed, and new inventions are being created and implemented into society around the world, all thanks to engineers. However, not all of these inventions and structures are entirely perfect; in fact, some imperfect structures are more popular than the perfect ones because of the impact they have had on the people and areas around them. These famous imperfect structures are…

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…

On December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese forces. The next day, Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the United States Congress with his memorable speech, the Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation. The goal of his speech was to urge Congress to formally declare war on Japan and rally American people to support the war effort. The main points of his speech were that the Japanese government launched an attack against Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippine Islands, Wake Island, and…

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…