Succeeding the triumphant Apollo show NASA formulated a new vision for the space program, integrating a space station and guaranteeing routine access to space via a reusable space shuttle. In 1986, the space shuttle design comprised two solid rocket launchers which demanded the use of O-rings to seal the joints. After each launching the launchers were recovered, scrutinized and possibly reused is they did not display evidence of O ring misery.
The space shuttle Challenger had flown 9 successful missions into space and was gearing up for its tenth with great ordeal due to NASA's successful public relations plan, "The Teacher in Space Program". The evening before the January 28, 1986 launching saw representatives from the Kennedy Space Centre, the Marshall Space Flight Centre and contractor Morton Thiokol participate in a 3-hour teleconference to discuss if the predicted low temperatures would have any effect on the anticipated functionality of the O-rings. In addition to the numerical analysis of the historic O-ring failure, the stakeholders needed to communicate their results in the appropriate flow of information.
Space Shuttle case study solution
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