Case studies Space Shuttle Challenger

When an especially dramatic or costly engineering failure occurs, a special committee or commission may be empaneled to study the circumstances of the failure and to make appropriate recommendations. Such groups may be convened under the auspices of one or more professional organizations or may be named by a governor or the president of the United States. A notable example of the work of such a commission is given in the Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident [14). The Space Shuttle Challenger accident is described as a case study in Chapter 9 of this book. 

CHAPTER 9/A CASE STUDY—THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER ACCIDENT... 

Chapter 9 is a case study that examines the circumstances and events leading to the aftermath of one of the most dramatic engineering failures of this century the space shuttle Chailenger accident. The chapter focuses not only on the engineering failure that led to the loss of the Challenger crew but also on... 

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