Challenger Launch Decision

Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA

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Diane Vaughan: Challenger Launch Decision (2015, University of Chicago Press)

620 pages

English language

Published 2015 by University of Chicago Press.

ISBN:
978-0-226-34682-3
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OCLC Number:
910475725

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When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, millions of Americans became bound together in a single, historic moment. Many still vividly remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the tragedy. In The Challenger Launch Decision, Diane Vaughan recreates the steps leading up to that fateful decision, contradicting conventional interpretations to prove that what occurred at NASA was not skulduggery or misconduct but a disastrous mistake.

6 editions

Subjects

  • United states, national aeronautics and space administration
  • Aerospace industries
  • Organizational behavior
  • Decision making