Before reading this article I had very little knowledge of the challenger, and what had happened. I had heard that the mission had failed and that was about it. I was very shocked that many of the engineers knew the risks of this mission, yet they still decided to put peoples lives in danger. Part of what I think why they continued to follow through with the mission was due to money. NASA had a lot invested in this launch and they did not want to waste that, but at the same time the repercussions of failure probably costed them even more than if they were to make the needed changes and reschedule the launch.
I think that it is important to take note the charts that were made, they showed images of "cute" lil rockets, but were done in a hurry. Due to this the engineers mistakenly used slides in their presentation favoring the launch, when really there were some huge risks involved. Tests for the O ring in different cold conditions had not been preformed and thus did not portray the possible risks to NASA. If the information and graphics had been provided in a more compelling serious manor I feel that people would not have allowed this mission to go forward. It is so important when providing information that is going to effect the lives of people, that not only good data is used, but also good design. By keeping everything clean and to the point people will be able to understand the risks easier.
After reading this and being shocked at how it all played out, I realized that if we do not portray our information in design clear as well, it may not mean that people are going to die, but rather some other sort of repercussion may be a result.
I think that it is important to take note the charts that were made, they showed images of "cute" lil rockets, but were done in a hurry. Due to this the engineers mistakenly used slides in their presentation favoring the launch, when really there were some huge risks involved. Tests for the O ring in different cold conditions had not been preformed and thus did not portray the possible risks to NASA. If the information and graphics had been provided in a more compelling serious manor I feel that people would not have allowed this mission to go forward. It is so important when providing information that is going to effect the lives of people, that not only good data is used, but also good design. By keeping everything clean and to the point people will be able to understand the risks easier.
After reading this and being shocked at how it all played out, I realized that if we do not portray our information in design clear as well, it may not mean that people are going to die, but rather some other sort of repercussion may be a result.
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