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    O-Ring failure in Challenger Disaster: A Case of Corruption

    The Challenger Space Shuttle disaster occurred on January 28, 1986. The shuttle launch was only 73 seconds in progress, when the Y-shaped explosion occurred. NASA, for the first time in its history, lost its crew members as the world watched on. It began as a state of shock before the horror and grief began to settle in. The failure to stop the Challenger flight went along with the failure to address the engineers’ concerns about the O-Ring. Their concerns were reported long before the catastrophic flight took off. Following the disaster NASA appointed the Roger’s Commission to investigate. Theoretical physicist Dr. Richard Feynman was one of the members. His involvement…

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