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The Challenger Disaster

The Challenger Disaster. Risk Management Jameson Smieja Andrew Tilstra Kurt Butz William Schaffer Fall 2004, University of Minnesota. Risk Management. The art and science of identifying, analyzing, and responding to risk. The Challenger Mission 51L.

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The Challenger Disaster

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  1. The Challenger Disaster Risk Management Jameson Smieja Andrew Tilstra Kurt Butz William Schaffer Fall 2004, University of Minnesota

  2. Risk Management The art and science of identifying, analyzing, and responding to risk

  3. The Challenger Mission 51L • 10th mission for the Challenger Shuttle • TISP – Teachers In Space Program • Christa McAuliffe • Politically Charged Launch • Christa was to appear via television link during Reagan’s State of the Union Address in 1986

  4. Challenger Delays • Liftoff Initially Scheduled for 15:43 EST on Jan. 22, 1986 • Delays in 61-C mission pushed liftoff to Jan. 23, then Jan. 24 • Reset to Jan. 25 due to weather • Postponed another day due to launch processing problems • Rescheduled for 9:37 EST Jan. 27 due to weather • Delayed again due to equipment failure for 24 hours • Final 2 hour delay due to hardware interface module problems Liftoff: 11:38 EST January 28, 1986

  5. The Challenger Disaster 73 Seconds After Liftoff

  6. What Went Wrong?? • Failure of an “O-ring” seal in the solid-fuel rocket on the Space Shuttle Challenger's right side • Flames cut into main liquid fuel tank

  7. Four Main Causes of O-Ring Failure • Pre-flight Leak Tests • O-Ring Erosions • Joint Rotation • Low Temperatures

  8. Poor Risk Management • Risks were managed using Critical Items Lists • Criticality 1-Loss of Life or Ship • Criticality 2-Mission Aborted • CIL Flaws • Unreliable • In previous missions, criticality1 issues occurred but loss of life/ship did not • Negotiable • Identified risks could later be waived

  9. Known Potential Problems • O-rings were “Criticality 1” feature • O-ring seal failure on previous missions • Launch Constraint placed on subsequent launches • These constraints had been imposed and regularly waived by the SRB Project Manager

  10. Known Potential Problems • Very low ambient temperatures recognized as concern by Tiokol • O-ring performance at this temperature not understood • NASA officials pressured Tiokol to withdraw its concerns • Upper officials at NASA were unaware of these discussions and ignorantly approved launch

  11. References • “Space Shuttle Challenger 1986” (http://www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Classes/Social_Science/Challenger.html/Challenger.html), (1996) • “Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster-A NASA Tragedy” (http://space.about.com/cs/challenger/a/challenger.htm) • “Expert Panel Recommends Improvements for Space Shuttle Safety Program”, (http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/NI000494?OpenDocument), (March 3, 1988) • “An Accident Rooted In History” (http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Human.Exploration.and/Development.of.Space/Human.Space.Flight/Shuttle/Shuttle.Missions/Flight.025.STS-51-L/An.Accident.Rooted.in.History), (June 6, 1986) • “The Challenger Accident” (http://www.me.utexas.edu/~uer/challenger/chall2.html#mechflaw), (1997)

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