Kennedy Center Honors

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia was just coming in for re-entry after being in space for almost a month, when it had spontaneously exploded over Texas. The seven crew members on the shuttle had lost their lives and an unforgettable image is burned into the memory of the American people. I will be discussing mainly about how USA Today has covered the disaster and provide examples as to how the agency makes it seem as though NASA was the one responsible for the disaster and how the

Jerry Mason, senior vice president and general manager at Morton-Thiokol, and Morton-Thiokol were on the brink of negotiating the booster’ rocket contract renewal with NASA. Although, it is not an acceptable reason, we could see how engineers and others below the authority of Jerry could be afraid to state something contrary to what he stood by. When someone’s self-interest and pride gets in the way of engineering, it can neglect the welfare of the public, and cause them harm. This case study highlights

“We’ve got a bad fire let’s get out. . . . We’re burning up.” (Roger B. Chaffee Quotes) The tragedy of the Apollo 1 will haunt our history forever, and though, three brave, American men were lost in the tumult of that day, they put us a small step closer to the moon, and one giant leap closer to a proud America. Forever remembered will be the catastrophe of 1967, our hearts continue to beat red, white, and blue. The Apollo 1 flight had been scheduled for take off on February 21, 1967, an unimaginable

passed with no word from mission control, finally, “Gettysburg we’re redirecting you to Kennedy.” This caught Marybeth by surprise. “Mission control, why?” “Gettysburg, for mission debrief.” “Roger, Mission control.” Marybeth knew the entire crew would be disappointed; they were looking for some R&R from a tough mission. “Elle, would you please make course corrections to take us to Kennedy Space Center?” “Yes Colonel, I’ve made them as requested.” “Thank you, Elle.” “We should be landing

Summer is a time of fun and the dreaded heat wave. Well, my family and I decided to change the usual by visiting New York City; there was even an advertisement in the New York Times newspaper stating that there was a free vacation if you signed up on this website, which was called TheNewYorkExperience.com. My parents signed the rest of the family up, even if it was suspicious. Either way, it was finally time for the vacation that we always wanted; only five days were left until the trip would begin

Next, let me talk about the dangers of normalized deviance. Diane Vaughan, sociologist at Columbia University, examined the events that led to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. In her book, The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA, she explains the sociological causes of the failure and describes institutionalized deviance from the norm.1 Vaughan defines normalized deviance as “the gradual process through which unacceptable practice or standards

The Space Shuttle Challenger and the Coulmbia Accidents present the risks involved with spacecraft. Both disaster were different outwardly. The Space Shuttle Challenger occured in the first moment of launch on a very cold day in 1986. According to Encyclopedia of science,technology and ethics,“The dynamics of the launch causes the joint betwwen SRB segmnets to flex and to prevent leaks the O-rings must bere-silent enough to follow this flexure and maintian their seal but due to the cold weather

Dominic Vitale Ms. Davis College Prep I 8 April 2017 Challenger Explosion: Subtitle Throughout time events happen that shape the way people view the world and the way that it continues to vividly function. One such event that has occurred in previous decades is the explosion of the challenger shuttle. But for some, it was a glimpse of the future, and the continuation on. For Tim, it was a change in the perception of what was to come. The event occurred shortly after Tim had just arrived home

Music of the 1980’s In the 1980’s, the space shuttle Challenger exploded, killing several astronauts. The U.S. boycotted the 1984 Olympics in Moscow, Russia. As a result, the Soviet Union did the same to us. The artificial heart, tested in 1982, lasted somewhere around 100 days before the patient died. While all those serious things happened, music was busy keeping it light. The outbreak of the AIDS disease affected the music of the 1980’s. A sexually transmitted disease called AIDS broke out

ventures such as the creation of the inflatable structures for antennas of radio for frequency and recently, a polymer matrix that is healable to be used for future space vehicles (NASA Spin off, 2010). One of the past SBIR deals of CRG with the Kennedy Space Center developed the latest form of a patch that is structural in nature for various uses by the customers. Materials derived by NASA have been commercialized by CRG under two trademarks: Rubbn' Repair, for automotive purposes and Rec' Repair for