Do you believe NASA $($i$.$e$.,$ Engineers and$/$or Management Analysts$)$ were legally culpable or ethically responsible for the ramifications of their decision making processes? Only select one $(1)$ to fully answer, however, you will need to know the detailed differences between culpability and responsibility. This question is a bit different than the previous Conversation Starter. You will also need to discern where and whom to place blame as guilt $($or guiltiness$)$ is also a possible determinative element.

Question $2$: Was the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy primarily a moral, ethical, or legal case or all three? Please select one $(1)$ and then articulate and support your reasoning.

Question $3$: Did you find yourself drawn to the rationale of those who made the shuttle's return decision process$/$thinking$,$ or do you think the decided option was more hope than reasoning? How much do you think that affected your final decision? Can you solve an ethically dilemma through hope or reasoning or both?

Question $4$: How might the skills you have learned within the Ethics Exercises help you make ethical decisions in the future? Imagine yourself as an Entry Level NASA Whistleblower when answering the question.