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    1) On February 1st, 2003 at 8:15am, the Space Shuttle Columbia took flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. During launch, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and damaged the leading edge of the shuttle's left wing. 2) During re-entry on February 1st at 9:00am, sensors detected a rise in temperature and pressure on the left wing, indicating damage. At 9:16am, mission control lost all communication and vehicle data from the shuttle. The shuttle disintegrated over Texas at 9:59am, resulting in the death of all 7 astronauts aboard. 3) The foam strike during launch, which had been

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    1) On February 1st, 2003 at 8:15am, the Space Shuttle Columbia took flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. During launch, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and damaged the leading edge of the shuttle's left wing. 2) During re-entry on February 1st at 9:00am, sensors detected a rise in temperature and pressure on the left wing, indicating damage. At 9:16am, mission control lost all communication and vehicle data from the shuttle. The shuttle disintegrated over Texas at 9:59am, resulting in the death of all 7 astronauts aboard. 3) The foam strike during launch, which had been

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    1) On February 1st, 2003 at 8:15am, the Space Shuttle Columbia took flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. During launch, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and damaged the leading edge of the shuttle's left wing. 2) During re-entry on February 1st at 9:00am, sensors detected a rise in temperature and pressure on the left wing, indicating damage. At 9:16am, mission control lost all communication and vehicle data from the shuttle. The shuttle disintegrated over Texas at 9:59am, resulting in the death of all 7 astronauts aboard. 3) The foam strike during launch, which had been

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    1) On February 1st, 2003 at 8:15am, the Space Shuttle Columbia took flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. During launch, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank and damaged the leading edge of the shuttle's left wing. 2) During re-entry on February 1st at 9:00am, sensors detected a rise in temperature and pressure on the left wing, indicating damage. At 9:16am, mission control lost all communication and vehicle data from the shuttle. The shuttle disintegrated over Texas at 9:59am, resulting in the death of all 7 astronauts aboard. 3) The foam strike during launch, which had been

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    SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA

    DISASTER

    BY:
    FAKHRUL ANIQ
    KHAIRUNISA JAAFAR
    KHAIRUNISA MOHMAD
    KASMA DIANA
    HUSNA MARDHIYAH
    TIMELINE 1.00pm - NASA
    8.56am sensor
    G8.15am 9.16am shuttle announces the loss of
    detect rise in
    - took does not land on the shuttle and all
    temperature and
    flight schedule aboard
    pressure

    8.53am - 9.29am NASA


    9.00am all
    Temperature declares
    vehicles data is
    indicator emergency
    lost
    Lose data
    CAUSES
    Faulty design of the external tank :

    1kg weight of insulating foam tore up the tank and hit the left
    wing
    The hole allowed super heated air to pass through
    The heat penetrated and destroyed the left wing

    Nasa revealed that foam strikes never caused a problem before.


    Ground tests proved it is possible at tremendous speeds.

    Nasa decision ultimately led to 7 ASTRONAUTS to pay their lives


    IMPA
    .

    CT
    Safety
    Death of seven astronauts aboard the
    shuttle.

    Vehicle Total loss of shuttle = $3,000,000,000

    Mission Major impact to shuttle flight schedule

    Equipment Damage from foam strike

    Labour,Ti Investigation
    Clean up effort
    SOLUTION ?
    Rescue option was considered which is rescuing
    the crew with another shuttle .It is challenging but
    feasible mission.
    Prepared a high budget for making a shuttle so
    that the quality is in high level and can save
    someone life.
    Mission management team need to train for
    unexpected challenges such as crew loss and
    shuttle loss.
    Adding more sensor technologies to the shuttle so
    that the crew can recognize early if something had
    occur.
    Things need to be
    considered
    The suit
    Endurance to extreme external condition
    Ground impact resistance
    Seating parachute system
    Depressurization resistance

    The imaging
    Upgrading imaging system
    Additional imaging angle of the shuttle
    Imaging the orbiter while in orbit
    A suggestion from
    Starburst
    Foundation
    To avoid another space shuttle
    disaster, he suggest that a high
    voltage charge is apply to the space
    shuttle hull during reentry ,in
    particular to the leading edge of its
    wing.
    The ion sheath so formed would
    create a buffer zone around the
    craft, ionizing, repelling and
    deflecting oncoming air molecule
    and thereby preventing them from
    directly impacting and heating the
    ENG IN EE RI
    NG ET H IC S
    AP P LIE D
    1)NEGLIGENCE
    )Space shuttle
    problem caused by
    foam insulation brok a piece of
    e off from the shuttle
    propellant tank and s
    damaged the edge o
    shuttles left wing af f
    ter launching
    )Prove; this pro
    blem (foam) had be
    years, and NASA ca en known for
    me under intense sc
    but the launching st rutiny
    ill continue due to th
    affected shuttles m e
    ission before had be
    completed successf en
    ully
    2 ) RE S P O N S IB I LTY
    t h e r e w a s a r e p o r t
    es t ig a t io n b o a rd ,
    Based on inv n p o s s ib le e ith e r
    g t h a t h a v e b e e
    revealin re w o r c re w b e e n
    e n re p a ire d b y c
    Columbia be
    rescued
    1 6 d a y s in s p a c e ,
    d u r in g t h e c re w s
    Because s t rik e d u r in g t h e
    v e s tig a t in g a f o a m
    NASA was in
    launch
    t a y e d in o r b it u n t il
    b ia c o u ld h a v e s
    Colum le A t la n t is c o u ld
    la u n c h o f t h e sh u t t
    February 1 5 1 0 le a v in g
    s e a r ly a s F e b r u a r y
    e d a
    have been mov in g t h e w in g o r g e t tin g
    o w f o r r e p a ir
    a short wind mbia
    3)WEAK IN FLIGHT R
    I SK
    MANAGEMENT
    NASA manage
    ment failed to respo
    engineers request a nd the
    bout status of astron
    inspection of left win a ut
    g
    NASA stop the
    Department of Defe
    nse (DOD)
    from assisting
    CAIB recomme
    nd for shuttle flights
    while in orbit using g be imaged
    round-based or spac
    e-based
    remain s
    E O R G AN IS A T I O N
    4) T H
    P T S A H A N D - O F F
    AD A
    ATTITUDE
    b eli ef t ha t c ou l d
    infl u en c e d b y
    NASA managers e d e tec t e d d u e to la c k
    a m a g e w e r
    be done even d
    of power

    a le re c a ll e d th a t
    N A S A , W a y n e M
    Prove; retired a t io n s J o n c a l re a d y
    f M is s ion O pe r
    Director o n d le t t h e a s t r o na u t to
    t o ig n o re a
    mention to him e s uc c es s f u l fl ig h t a n d
    no w in g t h
    be happy k
    5) POOR MODE
    S OF
    COMMUNICATIO
    N DU R IN G
    ASSESMENT
    Assesment
    have been mad
    e on the ground
    before Columbi
    a reentry
    NASA and
    Boeing favored
    for conveying in Microsoft Power
    formation which Point
    complex scient not ideal for
    ifc and enginee
    lead to draw inc ring reports whic
    orrect conclusio h
    ns
    Flight controllers had just lost contact with the Space Shuttle
    Columbia

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