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by BrandonMarc
2906 days ago
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Texas A&M's engineering program has a required course called Engineering Ethics. A portion of the course is devoted to analyzing the Challenger disaster. During a late-night teleconference the night before the launch, the engineers pleaded with their managers not to launch. One decision maker was told, "Take off your engineering hat and put on your management hat," and he reluctantly changed his mind (a decision he has regretted for decades, of course). It's also telling that, after the decision was made to approve the launch, none of the engineers agreed to sign off. https://www.engineering.com/Blogs/tabid/3207/ArticleID/170/c... |
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