The Challenger Case Study

Introduction

The Challenger was a space shuttle that had successful launches to space until one day, in 1986, the shuttle exploded, killing all of the seven passengers aboard. Who knew that one rubber o-ring could kill seven people and destroy an entire space shuttle. The life of the Challenger was a space shuttle that was originally built as a test model and eventually turned into a space shuttle that would be successful, the explosion in January, 1986, and the impacts it had on NASA and people around the nation. The Challenger was a successful shuttle that made great achievements for NASA. It was the first shuttle to carry a female, and also the first shuttle to see a space walk. It had some great runs for awhile, until January, 1986, when

The company has used its benefits of being successful with fuel and rocket boosters that the U.S army agreed to letting them do their research in a lab that they would help pay for and finance. Thus, they are successful even before they help NASA. ________“Management at Thiokol decided to go straight to the military with its product, and the U.S. Army agreed to finance a laboratory. Research began even before the building was finished,” (‘Thiokol Corporation’, 1994, para. 7). The Thiokol Corporation was successful in the mid 1950s because it could produce quality products and research. This gave the corporation an opportunity to work in a research laboratory financed by the U.S. Army. In the early 1950s, The Korean War took place and Thiokol was producing rockets with solid fuel instead of liquid fuel. The solid fuel started to take liquid fuels place because of how much more convenient it was. This also led to success for Thiokol because of its ability to create quality products that work well. ___________“The Korean War benefited Thiokol considerably … During this time Thiokol began to design and manufacture rocket engines, and with a 70 percent share of the solid rocket fuel market the company achieved a significant measure of success,” (‘Thiokol Corporation’, 1994, para. 8). The Thiokol Corporation was successful because of how well it produces its products. 70% of the market where there is more than just one or two companies to compete with is successful