Space Shuttle Challenger

People
1. NASA & Contractors aware of design flaw
2. First teacher to give lesson while in orbit
3. Astronauts training 37 weeks prior
4. Ground Control Crew & Astronauts everything appeared normal during take off
Management
1. Organisational/System Factors
  1. Solid rocket boosters built in sections
  2. Shuttle development capped
  3. NASA reputation under pressure
  4. Delays in launching
  5. Pressure from the media on broadcasting flight
2. Information Transfer
  1. Thiokol engineers recommanded aborting flight
  2. Thiokol managers overruled engineers
  3. Morton Thiokol or NASA notified NASA Officials
  4. Safety program workforce not included in decision to launch
  5. Lack of reporting critical issues to NASA
3. Job Design
  1. Place two satellites into orbit
  2. conducting experiments relating to fly-by of Haley's Comet
  3. Raise interest among youth in the space program
  4. Periodic review of mission occurred seven months earlier
Workplace
1. Work Environment
  1. Freezing temperatures morning of launch
  2. Ice built up on structures
2. Equipment Design
  1. O'ring failure rate 1 in 25
  2. Expensive
  3. O'ring wasn't tested for the extreme low tempurature
  4. NASA previous space travel
3. Workplace Factors
  1. Safety program workforce reduced
  2. Increased payloads
  3. First launch at 39B

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	Created by d30lacey over 11 years ago