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Ogden, Utah, U.S. Alma mater. Montana State University (BS) University of Utah (MS) Allan James McDonald (July 9, 1937 – March 6, 2021) was an American engineer, aerospace consultant, author [1] and the director of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project for Morton-Thiokol, a NASA subcontractor. In January 1986, he refused to sign off on ...
Rogers Commission Report. Front page of the Commission Report to Congress. The Rogers Commission Report was written by a Presidential Commission charged with investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during its 10th mission, STS-51-L. The report, released and submitted to President Ronald Reagan on June 9, 1986, determined both the ...
The Challenger accident has been used as a case study for subjects such as engineering safety, the ethics of whistleblowing, communications and group decision-making, and the dangers of groupthink. [58] Roger Boisjoly and Allan McDonald became speakers who advocated for responsible workplace decision making and engineering ethics.
Roger Mark Boisjoly (/ ˌ b oʊ ʒ ə ˈ l eɪ / BOH-zhə-LAY; [2] April 25, 1938 – January 6, 2012) was an American mechanical engineer, fluid dynamicist, and an aerodynamicist.He is best known for having raised strenuous objections to the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger months before the loss of the spacecraft and its crew in January 1986.
Engineering ethics is the field of system of moral principles that apply to the practice of engineering. The field examines and sets the obligations by engineers to society, to their clients, and to the profession. As a scholarly discipline, it is closely related to subjects such as the philosophy of science, the philosophy of engineering, and ...
STS-51-L was the disastrous 25th mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It was planned as the first Teacher in Space Project flight in addition to observing Halley's Comet for six days and performing a routine satellite deployment. The mission never achieved orbit; a structural failure during ...
Humanitarian engineering, the application of engineering to improving the well-being of marginalized people and disadvantaged communities, usually in the developing world. Humanitarian engineering typically focuses on programs that are affordable, sustainable, and based on local resources. Projects are typically community-driven and cross ...
Logo. Challenger Center for Space Science Education is a United States 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1986 by the families of the astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. The organization's mission is to inspire and educate students in science ...