- The O-ring connected to the solid rocket booster failed, allowing pressurized hot gas to reach the external fuel tank.
- Ronald Reagan's Special Commission found that the bigger problem was NASA's organizational culture and decision making process.
- A structural failure allowed the aero dynamic forces to destroy the rocket as it fell back to earth.
- The space program should learn a lot from this unfortunate disaster to improve, such as making an escape system, improving organization and more structure testing against all possible conditions before flight. Other dangers to shuttles are fire andgen leaks.
- Read more about the Reagan's Special Commissions findings on the Engineering Failures website: http://engineeringfailures.org/?p=85
EXTRA: For the Emergency Supply Organizer design project we chose the 3 top selling cars/trucks of 2010:
Ford F-150
Toyota Camry
Honda CR-V
To get the maximum amount of customers. We will also poll the class to see what their top choices are too.
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