GA: NASA “The Challenger Disaster”

Challenger Space Shuttle, which aimed to carry out a study including the research about the Halley’s Comet and the deployment of a communications satellite while they were in the Orbit, was set off on 28th of January 1986. 73 seconds after its departure, the spacecraft disintegrated above the Atlantic Ocean. Since it included a High School Teacher in its crew for the first time in American History under the programme of Teacher In Space, the launch and the disaster were broadcasted live on every school of the United States. The subsequent tragedy resulted in the death of seven crew members and marked as the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft. In the following weeks, documents indicating the rejection of the flight by the NASA engineers was released. It had been stated that NASA was warned about such an accident, but they did not taken the risk of a delay since the Agency was facing an economic crisis. The catastrophe caused NASA’s already declining budget to become increasingly weaken, and the Space Shuttle programs were temporarily halted.

In this committee, the representatives will debate upon the solutions towards an enhancement and they will try to regain the success of the Space Programmes conducted by the United States of America.

Agenda Item: The Great Fall of NASA

GA: NASA “The Challenger Disaster”

Under Secretary General: İrem Uzun
Under Secretary General: Fırat Yalçın