Challenger: The Final Flight
Should be required viewing for engineers and those who manage them.
Should be required viewing for engineers and those who manage them.
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Having read "Truth, Lies, and O-Rings" twice, at least, it was nice to see the video of some of the panel discussions, such as Feynman's famous ice water demonstration.
I found the show to be very well done, and I appreciated the extra perspective provided, that wasn't in the books (or I forgot about that part of the book)
The biggest takeaway was Lucas' saying he'd make the same decision all over again. I still can't understand that. Does he merely not wish to admit he made a mistake? That he was culpable in the disaster because of that mistake? Obviously, even objectively removing yourself from knowledge of the consequences and saying "Knowing what I knew, only then, would I have made that choice again?" I can't see how he couldn't reconsider.
What a human.
I found the show to be very well done, and I appreciated the extra perspective provided, that wasn't in the books (or I forgot about that part of the book)
The biggest takeaway was Lucas' saying he'd make the same decision all over again. I still can't understand that. Does he merely not wish to admit he made a mistake? That he was culpable in the disaster because of that mistake? Obviously, even objectively removing yourself from knowledge of the consequences and saying "Knowing what I knew, only then, would I have made that choice again?" I can't see how he couldn't reconsider.
What a human.
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thebard3 said:
Thing is they very nearly lost the first flight after challenger with debris damage and only got away with it because Discovery had a particularly clean airframe compared to the others.
And again they tried to blame the solid boosters for it. And it was an uphill battle to get everyone to move away from that. Same with the localised low temps around the pre launch setup in low winds.
They almost lost the second shuttle after the Challenger, STS-27 Atlantis carrying a military payload. A piece of nosecone from a solid rocket booster broke-up and damaged over 100 tiles. One tile in a critical area was completely missing. The crew learned of the damage while still in orbit. The only thing that may have saved them was that the damage occurred directly over an antenna, and part of the antenna mount was made of steel and not aluminum.
They almost lost space shuttles many, many times. Most times only post flight analysis gave a full picture of minor glitches in telemetry data. This incident shows how several things combine towards disaster. Disaster would have occurred if two more cooling tubes in a main engine had been damaged.
They almost lost space shuttles many, many times. Most times only post flight analysis gave a full picture of minor glitches in telemetry data. This incident shows how several things combine towards disaster. Disaster would have occurred if two more cooling tubes in a main engine had been damaged.
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