What Was The Effect Of The Space Shuttle Challenger
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Disaster on NASA and the Future of the United States Space Program?
This was the major question proposed during the late 1980's. What was the
future of NASA going to be after this terrible disaster? Would there be
enough funding for the continuation of the United States Space Program?
This Chall ....
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.... rubber O-rings. The
objective of the O-rings is to act as a seal that is meant to prevent gases
from escaping through the Solid Rocket Booster. One of the main reasons
for the explosion was that O-ring "flexed" and let the gases escape, which
in less than seconds later, caught fire and created the explosion.
Among the other minor problems were those of electrical problems and
faulty gages which were just "overlooked" because the problems were only
minor and they posed no real threat ....
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