Causality 24: Columbia
14 December, 2018
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In 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia launched successfully but after its mission was completed burned up on re-entry with the loss of all onboard. We look at how normalisation of deviation blinded many at NASA to a risk that had existed since 1981.
Duration
30 minutes and 20 seconds
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Show Notes
Links of potential interest:
- Space Shuttle Columbia
- Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
- STS-107
- When The Space Shuttle Didn’t Come Home
- Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster Explained
- List of Space Shuttle Missions
- A New Vision for NASA
- STS-27
- Legendary Commander Tells Story Of Shuttle’s Close Call
- This Is Why The Space Shuttle’s External Fuel Tank Stopped Being Painted White
- NASA - Report of Columbia Accident Investigation Board, Volume I
- Soyuz
- Project Gemini
Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen and John Whitlow.
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John Chidgey
John is an Electrical, Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineer, software developer, podcaster, vocal actor and runs TechDistortion and the Engineered Network. John is a Chartered Professional Engineer in both Electrical Engineering and Information, Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering (ITEE) and a semi-regular conference speaker.
John has produced and appeared on many podcasts including Pragmatic and Causality and is available for hire for Vocal Acting or advertising. He has experience and interest in HMI Design, Alarm Management, Cyber-security and Root Cause Analysis.
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