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at hand. 7. Failure to work out contingency plans. One of the worst Groupthink decisions ever was the decision to launch the Space shuttle Challenger. "On the morning of January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Seventy-three seconds after the countdown clock reached zero the Challenger exploded. Immediately after the explosion President Reagan appointed a commission to find out why the Challenger exploded. "In a five-volume published

The Challenger disaster was not only a disaster in terms of the destruction of the spacecraft and the death of its crew but also in terms of the decision-making process that led to the launch and in terms of the subsequent investigation into the "causes" of the disaster. The decision to recommend for launch was made by lower-level management officials over the objections of technical experts who opposed the launch under the environmental conditions that existed on the launch pad at the

Sally Ride: A Name to Remember When growing up, a lot of kids say they want to be an astronaut when they are older. This was not the case for Sally Ride. She claimed that she did not want to be an astronaut and knew that there were little to no women in that profession. Then one day, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent out flyers looking for women to become apart of the program and that changed Sally Ride’s life forever. NASA mainly recruited white males who were in

NASA is a major organization of the federal government. Being a part of the federal government you should imply a prescriptive approach to culture. According to Miller (2015), a prescriptive approach to culture “is having a single cultural formula for achieving organizational success” (p.74). It is important for NASA to continue to have negative entropy to flourish for the next launch. NASA has been sending space shuttles to space for many years but no one could have predicted that the Challenger

A Rhetorical Criticism of Reagan’s Challenger Address Lu Jia This essay will attempt to analyze Ronald Reagan’s Challenger address in terms of the rhetorical situation theorized by Dr. Blitzer and elaborated by Dr. Zarefsky in his book Public Speaking. The effectiveness of the Challenger address will be evaluated by carefully identifying and examining each of the four components of the rhetorical situation within the context of this speech. Background On the morning of January 28th, 1986, Americans

“Speak your mind even if your voice shakes”, a quote made famous by Maggie Kuhn, is the foundation of how I conduct my life. While the fundamentals of being an open-minded, educated, and well-rounded individual involve considering the opinions of others and evaluating both sides of the argument, too often people become complacent and lose the ability to think for themselves. The common term that refers to this type of herd mentality is “sheeple”. The play, 12 Angry Men, and NASA’s Challenger disaster

Apollo 13 Where Apollo 13 took place and launched, was at the complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. It happened at 2:13 p.m. EST, April 11, 1970. What had caused it to orbit the moon and come back, was a ciple in the oxygen tank. One thing that happened was on the Apollo 13 spacecraft, a oxygen tank was crippled and they had to orbit the moon and return home. The main event was that for the third time, they successfully lifted off once more, just to run into a problem with the oxygen tank

“When will the storm come?” Said Lieutenant Neal “I don't know, a lot of them are coming! And from my experiences, this storm will hit us in few minutes.” “Can we go a different way before it hits us?” “Well if we try another route, our gravity will pull the asteroids towards us.” “How fast are the asteroids coming?” “I'm reading incoming fast speeds...very fast... getting faster!” “Just dodge the asteroids and get us out of here!” “Okay Lieutenant, I'll do my best.” Lieutenant Neal walks back to

One:My Back Story I was born on pluto. When I became 11 I had to go to Earth because the humans there was under attack. My mom was crying as my ship took off. I look at pluto for my last time and start to tear up. It takes me up to a week to get to earth. When my ship lands I wake up to a women. She has black hair that is braided down the side. She wears a black jumpsuit. She picks me up and takes me to a small village. ¨Look little one you can't use your powers here. Well not yet.¨ ¨But I was

Making the Call In my paper I will try and explain the reason of why I would make the call to launch the Challenger in 1986. As we all know we had a horrific accident when the Challenger was launched on January 28, 1986. There were seven crew members who lost their lives when the Challenger blew up within only 73 seconds of flight. This was a major setback in the United States space explorations and prompted NASA to temporarily suspend all future shuttle missions. First, we take a look at all the