Flaws in the decision making process: Assessment of risk in the decision to launch flight 51‐L

1 March 1988

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Central States Speech Journal

Vol. 39 (1) , 67-75
https://doi.org/10.1080/10510978809363235

Abstract

This paper argues that it was the failure of the decision‐making process, rather than the mode of risk assessment itself which led to the decision to launch the Space Shuttle Challenger. The phrasing of the decision question and a shift in the burden of proof are identified as specific problems of the process.

Keywords

ASSESSMENT OF RISK
DECISION MAKING
FLAWS
LAUNCH FLIGHT
MAKING PROCESS

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Science, Risk, and Public Policy
Science, 1983