Scenario

01. Poor Value Perception
02. Poor Safety Awareness
03. Poor Sense of Risk
04. Insufficient Analysis or Research
05. Insufficient Prior Research
06. Lack of Evaluation/Revision
07. Usage
08. Operation/Use
09. Launching of Space Shuttle
10. Failure
11. Fracture/Damage
12. Coming out of Insulation material of External Fuel Tank
13. Damage of Left Wing Leading Edge
14. Usage
15. Operation/Use
16. Reentry of Space Shuttle
17. Failure
18. Large-Scale Damage
19. Flow-in of Ultra-high Temperature Air
20. Midair Disintegration
21. Loss to Organization
22. Economic Loss
23. Retirement of Space Shuttle
24. Damage to Society
25. Change in Perception
26. Loss of Credit to Science/Technology

Failure of Return to the Earth of Space Shuttle 'COLUMBIA'
Case Details 100 Selected Cases


Field Material Science
Author KOBAYASHI, Hideo (Yokohama National University)