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Engineering Ethics Case Study: The Challenger Disaster
Engineering Ethics Case Study: The Challenger Disaster Course No: LE3-001 Credit: 3 PDH Mark Rossow, PhD, PE, Retired Continuing Education and Development, Stonewall CourtWoodcliff Lake, NJ 07677P: (877) Ethics Case Study: The Challenger Disaster Mark P. Rossow, , 2 2015 Mark P. Rossow All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the author. 3 Preface On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed in a disastrous fire shortly after liftoff. All passengers aboard the vehicle were killed. A presidential commission was formed to investigate the cause of the accident and found that the O-ring seals had failed, and, furthermore, that the seals had been recognized as a potential hazard for several years prior to the Disaster .
provide us with the context—the technical details—of an engineering decision in which an ethical principle may have been violated. Case Study of Challenger Disaster On January 28, 1986, the NASA space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed in a disastrous fire 73 seconds after take-off, leading to the death of the seven people on board.
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