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Astronautics --- Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Technological innovations --- United States. --- Research. --- Outer space --- Exploration. --- N.A.S.A. --- NASA --- NASA Headquarters --- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) --- Nat︠s︡ionalʹnoe upravlenie po aėronavtike i issledovanii︠u︡ kosmicheskogo prostranstva SShA --- Solar system --- Exploration --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles

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Astronomy --- Research --- Finance. --- National Science Foundation (U.S.) --- United States. --- Research grants. --- Appropriations and expenditures. --- Physical sciences --- Space sciences --- N.A.S.A. --- NASA --- NASA Headquarters --- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) --- Nat︠s︡ionalʹnoe upravlenie po aėronavtike i issledovanii︠u︡ kosmicheskogo prostranstva SShA --- NSF --- N.S.F.

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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. Diane Vaughan recreates the steps leading up to that fateful decision, contradicting conventional interpretations to prove that what occurred at NASA was not skullduggery or misconduct but a disastrous mistake. Why did NASA managers, who not only had all the information prior to the launch but also were warned against it, decide to proceed? In retelling how the decision unfolded through the eyes of the managers and the engineers, Vaughan uncovers an incremental descent into poor judgment, supported by a culture of high-risk technology. She reveals how and why NASA insiders, when repeatedly faced with evidence that something was wrong, normalized the deviance so that it became acceptable to them. In a new preface, Vaughan reveals the ramifications for this book and for her when a similar decision-making process brought down NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003.

Accidents. --- Aerospace industries --- Aerospace industries. --- Decision making --- Decision making. --- Management. --- Organizational behavior --- Organizational behavior. --- United States. --- Challenger (Spacecraft) --- Challenger (Spacecraft). --- N.A.S.A. --- NASA --- NASA Headquarters --- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) --- Nat︠s︡ionalʹnoe upravlenie po aėronavtike i issledovanii︠u︡ kosmicheskogo prostranstva SShA

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Most observers would point to the 1969 Apollo moon landing as the single greatest accomplishment of NASA, yet prominent scientists, engineers, and public officials were questioning the purpose of the U.S. space program, even at the height of its national popularity. Defining NASA looks at the turbulent history of the space agency and the political controversies behind its funding. W. D. Kay examines the agency's activities and behavior by taking into account not only the political climate, but also the changes in how public officials conceptualize space policy. He explores what policymakers envisioned when they created the agency in 1958, why support for the Apollo program was so strong in the 1960s only to fade away in such a relatively short period of time, what caused NASA and the space program to languish throughout most of the 1970s only to reemerge in the 1980s, and, finally, what role the agency plays today.

Astronautics --- Space sciences --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Astronomy --- History. --- United States. --- N.A.S.A. --- NASA --- NASA Headquarters --- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) --- Nat︠s︡ionalʹnoe upravlenie po aėronavtike i issledovanii︠u︡ kosmicheskogo prostranstva SShA

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Aeronautics and state --- Aeronautics, Commercial --- Technological innovations --- Technology and state --- State and technology --- Technology --- Endowment of research --- Science and state --- Aeronautics --- Aviation policy --- State and aeronautics --- Government policy --- United States. --- N.A.S.A. --- NASA --- NASA Headquarters --- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) --- Nat︠s︡ionalʹnoe upravlenie po aėronavtike i issledovanii︠u︡ kosmicheskogo prostranstva SShA