There was a loss of innocence with the Challenger disaster. All of New Hampshire was watching. People back then went out of their way to watch shuttle launches. Sure it was dangerous, but we all innocently believed that the launches and missions would be successful. I watched Challenger from a television at work with several coworkers. It was shocking to watch Challenger fall in pieces.Thanks Steve for reminding us all with your post.
The root cause of that O-ring failure was attributed to group think. Group think became the focus of millions of manhours of management and technical training -especially in areas such as engineering and nuclear power operations. I suspect it got a lot of attention in aviation also.
Good read. It reminded me of a corollary line of management training during the same time frame. "Twelve Angry Men", a film that illustrated sticking with your argument until your doubts and concerns are resolved to avoid mistakes like the Challenger disaster. I must have seen that black and white movie at least a dozen times.
There was a loss of innocence with the Challenger disaster. All of New Hampshire was watching. People back then went out of their way to watch shuttle launches. Sure it was dangerous, but we all innocently believed that the launches and missions would be successful. I watched Challenger from a television at work with several coworkers. It was shocking to watch Challenger fall in pieces.Thanks Steve for reminding us all with your post.
The root cause of that O-ring failure was attributed to group think. Group think became the focus of millions of manhours of management and technical training -especially in areas such as engineering and nuclear power operations. I suspect it got a lot of attention in aviation also.
There's a paper on this from The Journal of Business Ethics:
https://www.pismin.com/10.2307/25071892
Good read. It reminded me of a corollary line of management training during the same time frame. "Twelve Angry Men", a film that illustrated sticking with your argument until your doubts and concerns are resolved to avoid mistakes like the Challenger disaster. I must have seen that black and white movie at least a dozen times.