Essays on Space Shuttle

Proper communication skills are very important in our world. The reason, is because if an individual does not have efficient communication skills, then they may have a difficult time finding their place in the world as a result. This not only includes having proper communication skills at home, but also developing those skills at businesses and the workplace too. Now, while communication is a very essential skill to have for the real world, it also needs to be used properly within times of crisis as well. In fact, this is the best time to implement communication skills, because acting ...

The ethics behind the space exploration frenzy has remained persistent for many years now. However, never has space exploration elicited more debate, controversy and calls for abandonment than the days that followed the space shuttle Challenger accident. Seeking to improve its record of sending manned mission to space, the United States, through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), sought to send a crew of seven astronauts to a space expedition whose aim, as it always been, seeking to explore and understand the outer space.

Background Information

The lift off from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center was televised ...

The Columbian accident is primarily how the political environment influenced the decision to launch the space shuttle in Columbia, who was involved and who was not. The political climate during the launch of the shuttle was that of pressure on the NASA station. A good example of how NASA deals with these pressures is analyzing what the then, Norman Augustine concluded to as the gross underfunding of NASA would affect its projects in a negative light. He proposed a budget that would favor the space exploration, but these pleas fell on the deaf ears of those who had the ...

Introduction

Upholding ethical principles is essential to the maintenance of peace in any community. Precisely, the nature of people’s conduct in any organization is essential to the success of the institution. As such, people can determine how ethical or unethical we are by assessing our behaviours. According to Guerrette, Ethics is the philosophical study of the principles that govern the conduct of people in society [1]. Our actions can, therefore, be said to be ethical if they are praiseworthy and unethical if they are blameable. Ethics, therefore, tries to make a distinction between what is right and wrong. This ...

Introduction

Project management applies techniques, knowledge, skills and expertise as well as experience to a strategic activity in an organization as shown by Bolles and Hubbard (2007). Notably, a project is a unique venture in an organization undertaken to meet its goals such as new products, venturing into new markets or cutting the product costs. Expected, in the new and unique projects, the experience is insufficient or lacking for a disciplined implementation. In other cases, the project takes up a lot of resources and staff due to its size. As such, to meet the scope and requirement while meeting the ...

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Recommendation Regarding Acquisition of MOOG Inc. (MOG-A)

Abstract The purpose of this report was to analyze the company Moog Inc. and recommend on whether or not the Embry Investment Group should acquire it. This business report aims to investigate and evaluate Moog Inc.’s performance and competitiveness in the market. The Embry Investment Group wanted to conduct a background research on Moog Inc. before carrying out the process of acquisition. The business report consists of the executive summary and background information on Moog Inc., which includes their history, a summary of their function, a summary of Moog Inc.’s aims and objectives, and an assessment ...

The focus on this paper mainly highlights on the field of ethics and moral values in the society we live in. The paper will draw from different incidences in the history of humanity that led to calamities that would have otherwise been avoided through discipline and active carefulness by individuals involved in the incidences. The administration of any organization should always be held responsible for any shortcomings or disasters that occur at the work place due to negligence or assumption. It is their sole responsibility to cover their working staff y properly insuring and assuring their lives.

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Corporate culture is a set of beliefs, values, norms, goals and ways of finding solutions, shared by the employees (members) of any organization(Schein, 2010). An organization culture provides the employees the meaning and the internal rules of behavior. When these beliefs, rules, customs and norms have been accepted, shared and circulated within the organization they represent the culture of the organization. The culture of an organization greatly influences ethical decision making process within the organization. That is, if the organization culture encourages unethical behavior, then the employees may as well act in an unethical manner alongside making decisions. On ...

The glider designs of George Cayley and Otto Lilienthal were a far cry from the technological sophistication of space flight, and 19th-century designs established basic principles still present in the design of the space shuttle. Mechanization, which started with the Wright brothers, powered flight, giving substance to the age-old human dream of manned flight. War and the onset of commercial flight produced massive improvements in aeronautical design and logistical advances. In the modern era, the very concept of flight has taken mankind into space and inspired plans for manned space travel.

The Arc of Progress: Flight and the Evolution of Aeronautical Technology

In 1810, British inventor George Cayley published a paper that ...

Abstract

Experts tell that the twentieth century was the century of brutal man-made natural and environmental disasters. Often, we hear reports about falling missiles, planes, explosions on environmentally hazardous industrial objects, about the collapse of buildings. The main reasons of these tragedies are design errors related to insufficient knowledge of the laws of mechanics with the incorrect use of mathematical models. To prevent new disasters, we just need to look into the past and draw conclusions on the basis of the occurred accidents. Tacoma Washington Bridge Disaster (1940) Suspension bridges have a number of advantages in comparison with the ...

It has become part of the modern culture to ask children what they want to be when they grow up. Others say they want to be police officers, doctors, mail carriers, or even bus drivers. Notably, very many kids say that they want to be astronauts when they grow. Many argue that this answer is so common because of the adventure it promises, and the intriguing nature of their work. While most kids end up doing very different things with their lives, others follow the direction of their childhood dreams. The cartoon’s artist explores the children’s ...

Introduction

When the first crude telescopes grazed the vast space, the 17th century and astronomers such as Kepler and Galileo was already making discoveries of such as the moon craters, the rings of the planet Saturn, and the giant planet Jupiter. These discoveries paved the way for a more extensive exploration of the cosmos, which was ultimately revolutionized by the birth of the Hubble telescope. In April 1990, word’s most advanced space telescope named after the astronomer Edwin P. Hubble was launched at 353 miles above the earth’s surface with a mission to see deeper into space and beyond. The ...

System Construction

Introduction The best of engineering marvels are built on the basis of sound theory, fail-safe design and astute engineering skills that transmute the design to physical reality. In the entire sequence from drawing board to reality, if there is an error in any step, the greatest of engineering feats can come undone.

Catastrophic Failure of Space Shuttle Challenger

The Space Shuttle Challenger 51-L was the twenty fifth mission in NASA’s space program. Given its past history of successful launches, NASA was confident of a repeat performance. However, on 28 Jan 1986, the Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff, killing all seven crew members (Forrest). ...

[Author] 1. Introduction The engineers are also called as the creator of the new technology, certainly engineers focuses to create a product based on the user needs. The engineers try to satisfy the user. There are some engineering excellent creations like ATM machine, Vehicle, Mobile phones etc, which are still used by more users. The first duty of the engineers while designing a product is considering safety to the public while using their product. The knowledgeable engineer always consider the safeness of the product while he or she is designing the equipment, but there are some engineering failure in ...

Essay Questions

- Give a general objective of the following NASA space program missions, and give details such as who, when, where, how and why. (30 points) this answer should take at least three paragraphs.

Project Mercury started in 1958 and it came to completion in 1963. This was the first program that man landed in space. The program made six flights from 1961 to 1963. The objectives of the mission included: to investigate the ability of man to function in the space, to ensure that both the man and the spacecraft came back safely and to make the spacecraft orbit around ...

- Introduction Whilst there have been many space missions – the majority either under the auspices of the National Science and Aeronautics Administration (NASA), or the European Space Agency (ESA) or the Russian Aviation and Space Agency – famously including manned landings on the moon (NASA), the most successful mission of all time in terms of space travel must surely be the creation, construction and the successful continued existence and operation of the international Space Station (ISS). A key purpose of the ISS has been to evaluate the effects on humans of lengthy exposure to conditions in space – an essential ...

Physics is a part of natural science that entails study of matter and its movement around space, time and its relation to force and energy. Physics revolves around us in our day to day activities and without it; nothing can function or operate swiftly. Different significant contributions like understanding and advancements in electromagnetism have been fuelled by the unending knowledge of physics. Scientist widely depends on physics and its theories to calculate the probabilities of future natural phenomena activities that might place. For example, in weather forecasting, use of rain gauges to measure the amount of rainfall at given ...

Introduction

This case study reviews the loss of the NASA Space Shuttle “Challenger” STS Mission 51-L in 1986, when it exploded shortly after launch, resulting in the deaths of all seven astronauts on board. The research looks at the causes of the accident, the structural and mechanical factors involved, other contributory factors, and the findings of the Investigation Board.

The Research Causes of the Accident. The main cause was found to be a failed O-ring seal in the right side Solid Rocket Booster (SRB), resulting from exceptionally low ambient temperatures at launch (“Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster”, updated Feb 2013). ...

The 1960s decade is known by its huge amount of new inventions. A lot of them belong to the space racing. Period when the US and USSR were competing by taking control over the space. Many different spacecraft companies which were specialized in launching and rocket engineering started forming mostly when the second World War has started and after it. The main reason was a need of producing new weapons like for example rocket-powered guns. The war brought a lot of new technical inventions that caused the increasing number of aircraft companies. After the Second World War, the Defense Department started a ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Prior to the first space missions that enabled the world to see beyond the planet, the public had many misconceptions over what is out there in the universe. There were a few mentions of space people that are bent in destroying mankind or even technologies that could only be seen in the future. Some also speculated that there is a different kind of world out there that is waiting to be discovered, and there were also a few who believed that once man sees the world outside Earth, a lot of unanswered questions would be brought to light such as the beginning of ...

Introduction

Mankind has made significant discoveries throughout history; some had dramatic changes, which can still be perceived in today’s modern times. However, some historical accounts made not only a significant contribution to the development of human civilization, but also extended the boundaries of mankind’s frontier. The two significant events in history described herewith is the Soviet Union’s launching of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957 and the United State’s mission to send the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969. Both events made a mark on human history that will last forever. Both events opened the ...

Introduction

Public relation of NASA has effectively expressed a posture indicating that the agency has actually learn more in the overview that seeks to highlight how the management of the crises in the public domain means. The two great tragedies including the space shuttle in Columbia, that have happened and the agency got engaged in the rescue program, brings out the issue that helps explain how the approaches to the crisis should be handled. The first lesson learnt is the importance of safety. This is a reflection from the tragedy in which the space shuttle called “the challenger” crashed killing the ...

Challenger space shuttle disaster was challenger that was lost in an explosion in the year 1986 as it was taking off and led to death of seven people who were on board. The decisions that were made on that day may have been as a result of being influenced by framing on the part of NASA engineers and engineers at Morton-Thiokol (Holden, 2013). On the fateful day the temperatures began to rise and the engineers that were responsible for building solid fuel boosters got worried. They did not want a launch with cold weather since it was danger to the ...

The incidents that led to the reported explosion and deaths of seven astronauts in the Space Shuttle Challenger were evaluated comprehensively in the article written by Ferraris and Carveth (2003) whose findings clearly revealed that groupthink evidently contributed to the disaster . On the other hand, another article written by Wells (2005) contested the allegation and instead, asserted that using the disaster of the Space Shuttle Challenger as an ironic example of groupthink which evidently falls in the same framework where the scenario was evaluated using the components and elements of groupthink (Wells, 2005, par. 3). Groupthink was ...

Space exploration is a never-ending field of study. There are many different types of exploration. From human to robotic, the goals are pretty much the same. To understand what lies beyond earth is the main goal of space exploration. You may ask yourself, “With so many problems on Earth, should the United States continue to fund space exploration?” My answer to this is yes. Space exploration began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched a satellite into space. The satellite’s name was Sputnik 1, a 184 pound, beach ball size satellite. On January 31, 1968 the first American ...

Introduction

International engineering ethics is a branch of the engineers code of ethics that relates to the engineer`s standards of honesty and integrity apart from being a profession. Fairness, honesty, equity and impartiality are basic to this profession. Standard professionally behavior is hence a principal to ethical conduct. Thus, the NSPE code of ethics came up with the fundamental canons and rules that guide engineers. The Canons include holding paramount safety, public welfare, and health measures. It reinstates the performance of service in areas of competence. The code of ethics recognizes the aspect of truthfulness to both employers and clients. This case ...

Part I: Introduction: In this research paper I will be comparing and contrasting the two memos “The challenger” by Roger Boisjoly and the “Three Mile Island” written by D.F. Hallman. D.F. Hallman wrote this memo in the year nineteen seventy eight at a time when he was “the manager of the Plant Performance Services” (Three Mile Island p.3). He was replying to a previous Memorandum which had been written earlier by Dunn. In this memo, Hallman was reiterating that proper expected procedures due to the demerits as a result of changes in piping not forgetting the coolant process. “Roger Boisjoly wrote “The ...

How can funds be used elsewhere?

Introduction: The Space Programme in the United States has always been important although one cannot observe any real benefits especially in the last years when the Space Shuttle programme came to an end in a rather ignoble manner. With funding of 18 billion dollars a year, the Space programme is surely one of the most deleterious and wasteful regarding the whole country budget. Notwithstanding all this there have been considerable benefits in the past especially with the programme on the moon and suchlike but still, funding could certainly be used elsewhere with much more profitable results. If funds ...

Abstract

Launch window is the precise time at which a space vehicle must be launched so that a given space mission can be achieved. The launch window is especially important in missions to other planets and when the vehicle has to rendezvous with a satellite already in space. If the launch window is not calculated right, it could lead to spending a lot of time and energy. Space missions are elaborate tasks which use a large number of people working in crews to complete specific tasks, calculating the launch window is an important task completed by a selected crew. There are cases in which whole missions ...

CAIB Recommendations

Introduction Columbia accident investigation board is an organ that was chosen by the NASA to find out the accident involved by the space shuttle Columbia. According to the investigation, it was found out that the accident occurred as a result of technical problems. It was found that foam insulating the tank broke away and damaged one of the wings. The board further investigates about the root cause of the technical hitch. It was realized that there had been several cases of accident occurring under the same circumstances. However, the management has been reluctant in addressing the issue because most ...

Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster

The challenger space shuttle accident occurred in January, 6, 1986 and several scholars have written on the communication problems that caused the incidence. The shuttle exploded in the air and seven crew members lost their lives. The Rogers Commission issued its findings and found that the accident occurred due to a failure in the joint in the lower segments of the right solid rocket motor. The seals that are designed to prevent the hot gases from leaking during the propellant burn of the rocket motor had been completely destroyed (Romzek & Dubnick, 2006). When O-ring anomalies began in 1984, the ...