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Question 1: Information designer ________ has used the Challenger accident as an example of the problems that can occur from the lack of clarity in the presentation of information.
Data visualizationScientific modellingEdward TufteInformation graphics

Question 2: As the vehicle cleared the tower, the SSMEs were operating at 104% of their rated maximum thrust, and control switched from the Launch Control Center (LCC) at Kennedy to the Mission Control Center (MCC) at Johnson Space Center in ________.
HoustonSugar Land, TexasBellaire, TexasGreater Houston

Question 3: On the night of the disaster, President ________ had been scheduled to give his annual State of the Union Address.
George H. W. BushGerald FordRonald ReaganRichard Nixon

Question 4: Whereas NASA had held an internal inquiry into the ________ fire in 1967, its actions after Challenger were more constrained by the judgments of outside bodies.
Apollo 7Apollo Command/Service ModuleApollo programApollo 1

Question 5: This led to the separation of the right-hand SRB's aft attachment and the ________ of the external tank.
Creep (deformation)Fatigue (material)Structural failureCorrosion

Question 6: In 2004, President George W. Bush conferred posthumous ________ to all 14 astronauts lost in the Challenger and Columbia accidents.
Congressional Space Medal of HonorChrista McAuliffeNeil ArmstrongAlan Shepard

Question 7: It was written by Peggy Noonan, and finished with the following statement, which quoted from the poem "High Flight" by ________:
Slipstream (1989 film)John Gillespie Magee, Jr.TorontoRoyal Canadian Air Force

Question 8: Many viewed the launch live due to the presence on the crew of ________, the first member of the Teacher in Space Project.
Dick ScobeeJudith ResnikEllison OnizukaChrista McAuliffe

Question 9: Three days later, President Reagan with his wife Nancy traveled to the ________ to speak at a memorial service honoring the astronauts where he stated
Lyndon B. Johnson Space CenterKennedy Space CenterApollo programNASA

Question 10: The low temperature had prompted concern from engineers at ________, the contractor responsible for the construction and maintenance of the shuttle's SRBs.
Space ShuttleOrion (spacecraft)Ares IThiokol
















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