There is substantial evidence that at least some of the people responsible for building and maintaining Challenger either knew the O-rings were bad, or were at least likely to go bad.
The O-rings for the Space Shuttle Challenger were manufactured by Morton Thiokol.
the space shuttle challenger was kind of safe. the only problem was that it was a cold day and the O-rings broke because of the cold.
NASA decided to launch the challenger because of the following reasons: Engineers were unable to provide enough evidence for the defect in o-rings.
The Challenger was a space shuttle that was going to be launched from Florida. But the night before it was supposed to be launched, it was cold and the o-rings froze up. When the Challenger launched, it made it up off the ground, but then it exploded and the entire crew was lost.
There was a strong wind. Strong enough to get the Challenger blown off course.
The connection could leak gasoline, which would be a bad thing. O-Rings are used to provide a better seal between two hard surfaces. If they are not there, or fail, the results can be catastrophic. It was a failure of an O-ring that caused the space shuttle Challenger to explode.
The Challenger Space Shuttle explosion in 1986 was primarily attributed to a failure in the O-rings of the solid rocket boosters. The decision to launch in unusually cold temperatures, which compromised the O-rings' flexibility, was also a contributing factor. Ultimately, systemic issues within NASA's organizational culture and communication practices played a role in the disaster.
The space shuttle challenger exploded January 28th, 1986 during departure due to faulty O rings. Not only is it believed that the rings were faulty but also the temperature outside was so cold that the O rings couldn't expand properly to form the seal they are designed to create.
The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986 was caused by the failure of an O-ring seal in one of the solid rocket boosters. The O-ring failed to properly seal, allowing hot gases to escape and ultimately lead to the explosion of the shuttle.
could have bad o rings
The Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch on January 28, 1986, killing the seven brave astronauts on board.It was caused by a bad O-ring.
The Challenger exploded because the primary and secondary O-rings were stiff from cold weather. They were not put in correctly and not checked. Hot gases leaked thorugh the O-rings and mixed with the fire from take off. The external tank then caught on fire and soon the Challenger exploded, killing the seven passengers including Christa McAuliffe.