Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott L. Post, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

shuttle fleet was grounded once again, untilDiscovery flew again in July 2006.Plans were made for the Shuttles to be retired in 2010 (actual retirement in 2011). A new vehiclewas to be developed names Orion with an Ares launch vehicle. The Ares launch vehicle programwas later cancelled. In September 2011 a new Space Launch System (SLS) was announced witha planned development cost of $35 billion.Ethical ConsiderationsThere are previous publications that provide ready-to-use ethics case studies, mostly relating toChallenger.2-5 Some additional questions that could be suitable for starting an in-class discussionor for homework include:• If you were in the place of Roger Boisjoly or Al McDonald and were convinced it was not safe to launch