What is the problem in Apollo 13? What are the alternatives? Is the status quo, doing...

What is the problem in Apollo 13?
What are the alternatives?
Is the status quo, doing nothing, an alternative?
What are the risks?
What was the recommendation and why?

Expert Solution

Appollo 13 was launched on April 11 1970 as a part of NASA's 3rd moon mission. After two days of launch, when it was at a distance of 200000 miles from the earth, a combination of manufacturing error and negligence in testing caused an exposed wire in the oxygen cylinder to catch fire. This ripped apart one oxygen cylinder which was detatched from the unit (Odyssey) and other damaged in the process. The lack of oxygen caused the power to shut down as the fuel cells were powered by the oxygen.

There was a backup called Aquarius which was supposed to be shut till the crew made advance to land on the moon. It had no heat sheild, so it could not be used on the trip back to earth. However, it could have kept the crew alive till Odyssey entered earth's orbit. There was no choice for crew, but to move to aquarius and switch the Odyssey off, only to switch it on when it was about to splashdown.

The biggest challenge was to preserve the power till the unit landed on earth. The power use was minimised after the craft was directed towards the earth. The risk Aquarius carried was overheating, because it worked more than it was designed for. There was another risk for the cold Odyssey to switch on, hours before landing on earth , which had possibility of being shorted out. The heat shield was already damaged as the craft landed on Pacific Ocean.

The recommendation was to reconfigure the design with improved auxiliary materials and an extra tank to prevent the occurance of issues faced by NASA with Apollo 13.

keosha answered 1 year ago

Amazon's Development of Strategic Alternatives (Ecommerce) A good starting point is the “status quo”. If the...

Amazon's Development of Strategic Alternatives (Ecommerce) A good starting point is the “status quo”. If the current strategy is left unmodified, what will happen to the company’s ebusiness performance. Try to be as specific as possible. Will there be deterioration of profits? Ability to service debt? Also try to measure the severity of deterioration. Clearly a small deterioration in the future may only require a minor modification of strategy now. Provide 2-3 strategic alternatives / recommendations that will resolve the...

Define and explain what he means by the Third Practice: “Challenge the Status Quo”. 2.) Why...

Define and explain what he means by the Third Practice: “Challenge the Status Quo”. 2.) Why is this concept so important to the success of project managers in modern organizations? 3.) Provide at least one real-life example

a. Which hypothesis, the null or the alternative, is the status-quo hypothesis? Which is the research...

a. Which hypothesis, the null or the alternative, is the status-quo hypothesis? Which is the research hypothesis?

The null hypothesis is often referred to as the status quo as it represents how things...

The null hypothesis is often referred to as the status quo as it represents how things have been or are typically expected to be. The alternate hypothesis is what we believe has changed. Why should the alternate hypothesis be the exact opposite of the null hypothesis?

I need to know how to figure this problem by doing in excel. Hypertensive Status by...

I need to know how to figure this problem by doing in excel. Hypertensive Status by Clinical Trial Site--Observed: Site Hypertensive 1 2 3 Yes 17 23 35 No 83 77 65 Question: Data from 300 patients recruited for a clinical trial. The trial recruited patients from three different sites. Use this data to determine if there is a difference in the number of hypertensive patients across clinical sites. Interpret your results. Is the p-value calculated significant?

explain the 5 strategies that entrepreneurs can use to combat the status quo bias

Discuss why normal profits are the status quo in a competitive market in the long run;...

Discuss why normal profits are the status quo in a competitive market in the long run; use the competitive market response to changes in demand for a commodity to illustrate aspects of your discussion.

Explain how the status quo been institutionalized and wage inequality obfuscated in the healthcare industry, the...

Explain how the status quo been institutionalized and wage inequality obfuscated in the healthcare industry, the fact of which has led to the healthcare industry become more unionized.

Explain how you would design an experiment to test for the presence of status quo bias

In January 2007, the Status Quo Company was formed. Total assets were $528,000, of which $340,000...

In January 2007, the Status Quo Company was formed. Total assets were $528,000, of which $340,000 consisted of depreciable fixed assets. Status Quo uses straight-line depreciation of $34,000 per year, and in 2007 it estimated its fixed assets to have useful lives of 10 years. Aftertax income has been $64,000 per year for each of the last 10 years. Other assets have not changed since 2007. a. Compute return on assets at year-end for 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2016....

Question