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Challenger: Case Study in Engineering Ethics and Communications
Challenger: Case Study in Engineering Ethics and Communications
The Incident
January 28, 1986
Launch
The Investigation
Role of Communications
Chart used by Thiokol Engineers on Jan 27 before launch
Knowledge of details
Epilogue
Several families sued NASA management
between $2 and 3.5 million per family.
Morton Thiokol paying 60 percent