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Originally Posted by Lady Jane
Have you ever noticed that every time the experts say don't do something and the bean counters and desk jockeys override them, something bad happens?  |
Certainly true of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, when the engineers at Thiokol warned that the booster O-rings were not designed for cold-weather launches just to be overruled by management who approved the launch.
Am I going crazy, or did the exact same train of thought doom the Titanic itself? Weak rivets, sub-par iron hull plates, leave off half the lifeboats, etc?????