At 11:38am on a bitterly cold day in January 1986, the space shuttle challenger and its seven crew members accelerated into the clear blue Florida sky, heading for space. But the mission was about to take a tragic turn. The shuttle had been airborne for 60 seconds when a failed o-ri...
Space shuttle Challenger: how not to manage risksAustin, Laurel C
When I talk about the Challenger accident, I caution that it’s essential to pay attention to the stories we tell ourselves. NASA had promised itself and Congress that the Shuttle would make spaceflight routine and affordable, a goal that required unrealistically high flight rates. Mounting schedul...
It was named after the Hawaiʻi-born astronaut Ellison Onizuka who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. The purpose of the visitor center is to educate the visitors on the cultural importance of the mountain. You can also watch a video about astronomy in the center, and...
On their Tumblr account, they posted a photo, not of fireworks, but of the Challenger space shuttle, which exploded in 1986. Needless to say, the general public did not find it very funny. What better way to explain the attention to detail as a core value in an employee than by using...
Participants were just as University sociologist Diane Vaughan coined the likely to praise his decision making, leadership abili- phrase in her book The Challenger Launch Decision ties, and the overall mission in the success case as to describe the organizational behaviors that al- in the near-...
History of the Camiguin island volcanoes Camiguin island’s name “island born of fire” is well deserved, and is quite interesting. Mt. Vulcan was the first known recorded eruption in 1871 as it burst up through the island in a series of violent earthquakes. In ...
At 11:38am on a bitterly cold day in January 1986, the space shuttle challenger and its seven crew members accelerated into the clear blue Florida sky, heading for space. But the mission was about to take a tragic turn. The shuttle had been airborne for 60 seconds when a failed o...
At 11:38am on a bitterly cold day in January 1986, the space shuttle challenger and its seven crew members accelerated into the clear blue Florida sky, heading for space. But the mission was about to take a tragic turn. The shuttle had been airborne for 60 seconds when a failed o-rin...
Space shuttle Challenger: How safety and risk were overlookedAustin, Laurel C