• DocumentCode
    1516148
  • Title

    Anatomy of a tragedy

  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    44
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    Six days after the Challenger disaster, on Feb. 3,1986, President Reagan appointed a commission and charged it with reviewing the accident´s circumstances, determining its probable cause, and recommending measures toward preventing another such disaster. Known as the Rogers commission after its chairman, former Secretary of State William P. Rogers, it had 120 days to work.
  • Keywords
    Joints; NASA; Safety; Seals; Structural rings; Uncertainty; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1987.6448026
  • Filename
    6448026