The motivation for collecting this database was the explosion of the
USA Space Shuttle Challenger on 28 January, 1986. The Rogers commission
concluded that the Challenger accident was caused by gas leak through
the 6 o-ring joints of the shuttle. Dalal, Fowlkes and Hoadley (1989)
looked at the number of distressed o-rings (among the 6) versus launch
temperature (Temperture) and pressure (Pressure) for 23 previous
shuttle flights. The previous shuttles were launched at temperatures
between 53�F and 81�F.
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Dalal, S.R., Fowlkes, E.B., and Hoadley, B. (1989). Risk analysis of
space shuttle : Pre-Challenger Prediction of Failure, Journal of the
American Statistical Association, 84: 945 - 957.
References
Dalal, S.R., Fowlkes, E.B., and Hoadley, B. (1989). Risk analysis of
space shuttle : Pre-Challenger Prediction of Failure, Journal of the
American Statistical Association, 84: 945 - 957.
Lavine, M. (1991). Problems in extrapolation illustrated with space
shuttle O-ring data. Journal of the American Statistical Association,
86: 919-922.
Martz, H. F., Zimmer, W.J. (1992). The risk of catastrophic failure
of the solid rocket boosters on the space shuttle. The American
Statistician, 46: 42-47.