orings: Spache Shuttle Challenger O-rings
Description
The 1986 crash of the space shuttle Challenger was linked to failure
of O-ring seals in the rocket engines. Data was collected on the 23
previous shuttle missions. The launch temperature on the day of the
crash was 31F.source
Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident,
Vol. 1, 1986: 129-131.References
S. Dalal, E. Fowlkes and B. Hoadley (1989) "Risk Analysis of the Space Shuttle: Pre-Challenger Prediction of Failure." Journal of the American Statistical Association. 84: 945-957.