points from class 1-16-07

1. I think that one of the biggest reasons why NASA was unsuccessful in saving the Columbia starts with the thought that most Americans have about being independent and working for one's best interest instead of the interest of the community as a whole. When the problems started everyone became filled with fear and all were out to save themselves and their jobs.

2. Because of this fear that almost everyone had, people either took courage to fight for their jobs or they became very considerate because they didn't want to take the blame if something went wrong. an example our group came up with was when the DAT presented their findings to their manager. I took a lot of Courage for the manager to tell them that if it was really as bad as they said it was nothing could be done. and it also took a lot of consideration from the DAT to not keep fighting him on the subject. in the end, no one won.

3. I think that because their were those with courage and those who were considerate there was no commitment or single goal as to what needed to be done to save the astronauts. I have no doubt that there was character, I'm sure everyone involved wanted what was best for the astronauts and NASA, and I know that there was Competence, but no one had the same goal or the same idea of how to achieve the desired results.