By: Michelle Flores
Staff Writer, Memo to Members
On Thursday, February 23rd, the Orlando Central Florida chapter of STC held its monthly meeting at IHOP on University Boulevard near UCF. The topic was a follow up to last year’s presentation of the Challenger Disaster. This year, the topic was The Ethics of the Columbia Disaster presented by UCF’s Dr. Paul Dombrowski.
Dr. Dombrowski’s presentation addressed some of the reasons why a tragedy such as this would be allowed to occur after the Challenger Disaster. This included information from a report by the investigative team after the tragedy. One thing that Dr. Dombrowski pointed out as a positive note was that the report from this second tragedy was much stronger, clearer, and overall a much better technical document than what was provided after Challenger.
This presentation and review of technical communication surrounding the Columbia Disaster was not only informative, but was also quite interesting. I truly enjoyed learning about the ethics of the Columbia Disaster.
