Use the internet to research the Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion on January 28, 1986

Question 1: Use the internet to research the Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion on January 28, 1986. How would a structural functionalist look at the accident? A conflict oriented person? How might Merton look at this? Please justify your response.

Question 2: Research the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Fire in Hartford, Conn. on July 6, 1944. How would a structural-functionalist look at the circus? A conflict oriented person?  How might Merton look at this?

Question 3:  Select any disaster of your choosing and identify the manifest and latent functions, as well as the unanticipated consequences.  Justify your answer.