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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]

Other related topics

• 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]