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Revision as of 20:01, 20 August 2009
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Parent topics
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration [r]: Independent agency of the U.S. government responsible for the nation's public space program. [e]
- Root cause analysis [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident [r]: Commission appointed by President Ronald Reagan whose mission was to investigate the cause of the Challenger disaster and recommend means to avoid future disasters. [e]
- William Rogers [r]: Chairman, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident ("Rogers Commission)", then in law practice. Former Secretary of State under Richard Nixon (1969-1973), and Attorney General under President Eisenhower (1957-1961) [e]
- Neil Armstrong [r]: (1930 - 2012) American astronaut and the first human being to walk on the Moon as part of NASA's Apollo 11 project on On July 16, 1969. [e]
- David Acheson [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Eugene Covert [r]: Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, at the time head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [e]
- Richard Feynman [r]: (1918–1988) An American physicist known for his scientific acumen, humor, and charismatic charm; drummer and painter of scandalous paintings; member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, then Professor of Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology; Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1965; staff, Manhattan Project [e]
- Robert Hotz [r]: Editor-in-chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine (1953-1980); member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, member of the General Advisory Committee to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [e]
- Donald Kutyna [r]: member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, and, at the time of his appointment, a major general smf Director of Space Systems and Command, Control, Communications, United States Air Force [e]
- Sally Ride [r]: Astronaut and the first American woman in space; member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident [e]
- Robert Rummel [r]: Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, who was, prior to the Commission, former Vice President of Trans World Airlines; member of the National Academy of Engineering [e]
- Joseph Sutter [r]: Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, then Executive Vice President of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company [e]
- Arthur Walker, Jr. [r]: Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, who was Professor of Applied Physics and was formerly Associate Dean of the Graduate Division at Stanford University. [e]
- Albert Wheelon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- "Chuck" Yeager [r]: First test pilot to achieve controlled flight faster than the speed of sound; Brigadier general, retired, United States Air Force; member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident; member of the National Commission on Space [e]
- Alton Keel, Jr. [r]: Executive director, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, detailed from a post of Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget for National Security and International Affairs; formerly Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics [e]
- Space Shuttle program [r]: The current US manned space program which began with its first flight, STS-1, on April 12, 1981; also known as the Space Transportation System. [e]