Decisions in Columbia Disaster - Ans:✔✔--management denied several requests by different engineering
groups for clearer photos of foam impact on shuttle wing
-although foam strikes were below performance specifications of the shuttle, management convinced
themselves that past successes were an indication that a known defect would not cause problems,
instead of deciding the issue on the basis of testing and sound engineering analysis
Organizational factors that contributed to the loss of the Columbia: - Ans:✔✔-1. characterization of the
shuttle as an operational, rather than developmental program
2. schedule pressures
3. organizational barriers preventing effective comm of safety info
4. constrained financial and personnel resources
Technical Issues: - Ans:✔✔-1. impact of a briefcase-sized piece of foam that destroyed the wing leading
edge and the main spar in the left wing
2. defects resulting from a non-optimal design, because the bipod structure and foam application
processes were designed separately
3. hot gases entering a breach in the wing leading edge and destroying the structural integrity of the
wing
Groupthink - Ans:✔✔-situation in which groups come to agreement at the expense of critical thinking
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