Piglet comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Piglet 10 June 2010 03:35:18PM *  2 points [-]

Also, Richard Feynman's remarks on the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger are a pretty accessible overview of the kinds of dynamics that contribute to major industrial accidents. http://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/v2appf.htm

[edit: corrected, thx.]

Comment author: JoshuaZ 10 June 2010 04:20:52PM 2 points [-]

Pretty sure you mean Challenger. Feynman was involved in the investigation of the Challenger disaster. He was dead long before Columbia.