A Major Malfunction - BBC Training DVD
£190.00
Recommended retail price: £195.00
Stock type: DVD
Stock reference: 54.002
£190.00
Recommended retail price: £195.00
Stock type: DVD
Stock reference: 54.002
Lack of effective leadership.
The night before the launch of the space shuttle "Challenger", the chief engineers of the rocket boosters recommended not to launch. Their own management overruled them. The result was a disaster.
This programme investigates the various pressures on NASA management to launch the shuttle, the obsessions of the engineers and the internal debates which led up to the decision to launch the shuttle on 28th January 1986.
This disaster cost the lives of the crew. It lost prestige for the USA internationally and seriously slowed their space programme. It also had an effect upon schools across the world because crewmember Christa McAullife was a teacher who had planned to broadcast a special lesson from space.
Disaster Series 2 - Episode 2
Duration 30 minutes.
Certificate UC
Released 1998
Contents - 1 x DVD
Part of the Disaster Special series produced by BBC Learning Business, examining the world's most dramatic catastrophes using BBC News footage, recreations and interviews with key decision-makers. Each of the videos contains 30 minutes of graphic footage from the disaster itself, eyewitness accounts and key expert analysis. These titles have been broadcast on BBC Television and come with a licence to use in education and training.
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