Informative Essay On Space Shuttle Challenger
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EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY
SAFETY 335
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER
ULISES CARTAYA
ERIC AIMEE TCHUIGOUA
OCTOBER 2015
Before going any further with this paper, I would like to take a moment to thank the crew of the space shuttle challenger for their bravery, courage, determinations and and sacrifice for this great nation. Francis R. Scobee (2), Commander, Michael J. Smith (1), Pilot Judith A. Resnik (2), Mission Specialist 1, Ellison S. Onizuka (2), Mission Specialist 2, Ronald E. McNair (2), Mission Specialist 3, Gregory B. Jarvis (1), Payload Specialist 1, Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1), Payload Specialist 2 (science.ksc), were parents, friends, children, husbands and wives, heroes, smart human being that were killed on this tragic day. May God be with your soul and may your memories and courage and passion shall not be forgotten but instead drive future generation determination and passion. The crash of the space shuttle
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The integrity of the structure and of the seals of all joints should be not less than that of the case walls throughout the design envelope (rec 198, nasa.gov).
It took NASA a couple years to resume its flight to orbit. The catastrophe of the space shuttle challenger shook them up and have rethink their procedures and methods of operation. NASA, improve or I should say worked on developing its shuttle management structure, its shuttle safety panel, critical review and hazard policy, communication, safety organization and many more.
The crash of the space shuttle challenger could have been avoided and yet, the life of the crew members could have been spare if all the safety precaution were taken into considerations. We learn and improve ourselves from our mistakes, but we still have the choices to prevent those mistakes from happening by doing things right and the way there are supposed to be done. May they rest in
In this essay, the author
- Thanks the crew of the space shuttle challenger for their bravery, courage, determinations, and sacrifice for this great nation.
- Explains that when an aircraft crash occurs, there has to be events or succession of events that cause the crash to happen. the space shuttle's crash was caused by a problem in the joint between the two lower segments of the right solid rocket.
- Explains the structural and mechanical factors that prevailed the crash of the shuttle, which occurred when the challenger flew in the worst wind shear ever recorded.
- Thanks the crew of the space shuttle challenger for their bravery, courage, determinations, and sacrifice for this great nation.
- Explains that when an aircraft crash occurs, there has to be events or succession of events that cause the crash to happen. the space shuttle's crash was caused by a problem in the joint between the two lower segments of the right solid rocket.
- Explains the structural and mechanical factors that prevailed the crash of the shuttle, which occurred when the challenger flew in the worst wind shear ever recorded.
- Describes the contributing factors to the crash, including the o-ring erosion that led to an increase in temperature, and the non respect of working conditions of the shuttle components.
- Explains that the investigation board concluded the o-ring seal on challenger's solid rocket booster, brittle due super cold temperatures, let out the flames that then broke out of the booster and caused damages on the external fuel tank.
- Recommends that the joints be fully understood, tested, and verified following the disaster. the integrity of the structure and seals of all joints should be not less than the case walls throughout the design envelope.
- Explains that the space shuttle challenger's catastrophe forced nasa to rethink its procedures and methods of operation. nasa improved its shuttle management structure, its safety panel, critical review and hazard policy, communication, and safety organization.
- Opines that the crash of the space shuttle challenger could have been avoided if all safety precautions were taken into consideration. we learn and improve ourselves from our mistakes, but we still have choices to prevent those mistakes by doing things right.
- Cites http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/investigations/q0122.shtml and nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l.
- Explains that rec 198, nasa.gov. retrieved from http://history.
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- Explains that contextual analysis is made up of intended audience, setting, and most importantly purpose. the shuttle challenger explosion caused many americans heartache and uncertainty about the future of nasa.
- Analyzes how reagan's speech was a masterpiece of public communication. he was aware of all these factors when he gave his famous address.
1042 wordsRead More - Eastern Flight 401explanatory essayThis tragic accident was preventable by not only the flight crew, but maintenance and air traffic control personnel as well. On December 29, 1972, ninety-nine of the one hundred and seventy-six people onboard lost their lives needlessly. As is the case with most accidents, this one was certainly preventable. This accident is unique because of the different people that could have prevented it from happening. The NTSB determined that “the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the flightcrew.” This is true; the flight crew did fail, however, others share the responsibility for this accident. Equally responsible where maintenance personnel, an Air Traffic Controllers, the system, and a twenty cent light bulb. What continues is a discussion on, what happened, why it happened, what to do about it and what was done about it.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that logic is a circumstance or attribute that is not essential to the nature of the situation.
- Explains that there is rarely just one cause for an accident as this ntsb abstract implies. the flight crew could have done many things to avoid this accident, such as flying the airplane instead of turning on the autopilot.
- Describes cam-3 continuous ignition, no smoke, brake system, radar, hydraulic panels checked, bert, is that handle in?
- Explains that logic is a circumstance or attribute that is not essential to the nature of the situation.
- Explains that there is rarely just one cause for an accident as this ntsb abstract implies. the flight crew could have done many things to avoid this accident, such as flying the airplane instead of turning on the autopilot.
- Describes cam-3 continuous ignition, no smoke, brake system, radar, hydraulic panels checked, bert, is that handle in?
- Explains how to turn the autopilot one quarter turn to the left and push the switches just a... forward.
- Opines that if bob had a pair of pliers, he could cushion it with kleenex cam-3.
- Opines rdo-1 would like to turn around and come back in cam-1 clear on left?
- Explains that an eastern air lines lockheed l-1011 crashed at 2342 eastern standard time on december 29, 1972. the ntsb determined that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the flightcrew
- Explains that eastern 401 is heavy, so roger pulls up and puts power on it first. cam-2 twenty-two degrees.
- Narrates how they're up to two thousand feet above the airport.
- Opines that it's all about the red line and the twenty-cent piec. rdo-1 eastern 401 'll see if we can get this light to come on.
- Narrates how they can tell if a faulty light is down by looking down at their indices.
2748 wordsRead More - The Challenger Disaster Explainedargumentative essayThe Challenger disaster of 1986 was a shock felt around the country. During liftoff, the shuttle exploded, creating a fireball in the sky. The seven astronauts on board were killed and the shuttle was obliterated. Immediately after the catastrophe, blame was spread to various people who were in charge of creating the shuttle and the parts of the shuttle itself. The Presidential Commission was decisive in blaming the disaster on a faulty O-ring, used to connect the pieces of the craft. On the other hand, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch, in The Golem at Large, believe that blame cannot be isolated to any person or reason of failure. The authors prove that there are too many factors to decide concretely as to why the Challenger exploded. Collins and Pinch do believe that it was the organizational culture of NASA and Morton Thiokol that allowed the disaster. While NASA and Thiokol were deciding whether to launch, there was not a concrete reason to postpone the mission.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the challenger disaster of 1986 was a shock felt around the country. immediately after the catastrophe, blame was spread to various people who were in charge of creating the shuttle.
- Analyzes how collins and pinch draw a distinctive line between what actually happened and the public's perspective on what happened.
- Explains that risk is impossible to eliminate. the o-ring is supposed to seal, but there are no perfect, zero-leak seals.
- Explains that the challenger disaster of 1986 was a shock felt around the country. immediately after the catastrophe, blame was spread to various people who were in charge of creating the shuttle.
- Analyzes how collins and pinch draw a distinctive line between what actually happened and the public's perspective on what happened.
- Explains that risk is impossible to eliminate. the o-ring is supposed to seal, but there are no perfect, zero-leak seals.
- Explains that nasa has to take this risk because there are many parts of the shuttle that are very difficult to design and engineer.
- Compares the results of the hydroburst test and the structural test article.
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