{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Analysis of the risk of failure of the O-rings on the Challenger shuttle" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "On January 27, 1986, the day before the takeoff of the shuttle _Challenger_, had\n", "a three-hour teleconference was held between \n", "Morton Thiokol (the manufacturer of one of the engines) and NASA. The\n", "discussion focused on the consequences of the\n", "temperature at take-off of 31°F (just below\n", "0°C) for the success of the flight and in particular on the performance of the\n", "O-rings used in the engines. Indeed, no test\n", "had been performed at this temperature.\n", "\n", "The following study takes up some of the analyses carried out that\n", "night with the objective of assessing the potential influence of\n", "the temperature and pressure to which the O-rings are subjected\n", "on their probability of malfunction. Our starting point is \n", "the results of the experiments carried out by NASA engineers\n", "during the six years preceding the launch of the shuttle\n", "Challenger." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Loading the data\n", "We start by loading this data:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "data": { "text/html": [ "
\n", " | Date | \n", "Count | \n", "Temperature | \n", "Pressure | \n", "Malfunction | \n", "
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | \n", "4/12/81 | \n", "6 | \n", "66 | \n", "50 | \n", "0 | \n", "
1 | \n", "11/12/81 | \n", "6 | \n", "70 | \n", "50 | \n", "1 | \n", "
2 | \n", "3/22/82 | \n", "6 | \n", "69 | \n", "50 | \n", "0 | \n", "
3 | \n", "11/11/82 | \n", "6 | \n", "68 | \n", "50 | \n", "0 | \n", "
4 | \n", "4/04/83 | \n", "6 | \n", "67 | \n", "50 | \n", "0 | \n", "
5 | \n", "6/18/82 | \n", "6 | \n", "72 | \n", "50 | \n", "0 | \n", "
6 | \n", "8/30/83 | \n", "6 | \n", "73 | \n", "100 | \n", "0 | \n", "
7 | \n", "11/28/83 | \n", "6 | \n", "70 | \n", "100 | \n", "0 | \n", "
8 | \n", "2/03/84 | \n", "6 | \n", "57 | \n", "200 | \n", "1 | \n", "
9 | \n", "4/06/84 | \n", "6 | \n", "63 | \n", "200 | \n", "1 | \n", "
10 | \n", "8/30/84 | \n", "6 | \n", "70 | \n", "200 | \n", "1 | \n", "
11 | \n", "10/05/84 | \n", "6 | \n", "78 | \n", "200 | \n", "0 | \n", "
12 | \n", "11/08/84 | \n", "6 | \n", "67 | \n", "200 | \n", "0 | \n", "
13 | \n", "1/24/85 | \n", "6 | \n", "53 | \n", "200 | \n", "2 | \n", "
14 | \n", "4/12/85 | \n", "6 | \n", "67 | \n", "200 | \n", "0 | \n", "
15 | \n", "4/29/85 | \n", "6 | \n", "75 | \n", "200 | \n", "0 | \n", "
16 | \n", "6/17/85 | \n", "6 | \n", "70 | \n", "200 | \n", "0 | \n", "
17 | \n", "7/29/85 | \n", "6 | \n", "81 | \n", "200 | \n", "0 | \n", "
18 | \n", "8/27/85 | \n", "6 | \n", "76 | \n", "200 | \n", "0 | \n", "
19 | \n", "10/03/85 | \n", "6 | \n", "79 | \n", "200 | \n", "0 | \n", "
20 | \n", "10/30/85 | \n", "6 | \n", "75 | \n", "200 | \n", "2 | \n", "
21 | \n", "11/26/85 | \n", "6 | \n", "76 | \n", "200 | \n", "0 | \n", "
22 | \n", "1/12/86 | \n", "6 | \n", "58 | \n", "200 | \n", "1 | \n", "