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I doubt anyone in the reagan admin could even understand this note its highly technical it was likely tossed out without ever being read.

by shams93 11y ago

crystalmeph 11y ago
This memo was not sent to the administration, it was sent to the management of Morton Thiokol, who could reasonably be expected to understand basic engineering phrases like "loss of human life." It's a real PITA to engineer safe systems (see e.g. IEC 61508 and ISO 13849 in industrial automation), but it saves lives, and if you're in a position where Sales, Production, etc. is trying to get you to rush the Engineering work so they can make deadline, you've got to find the backbone to say "no," even if it hurts you professionally.
- madaxe_again 11y ago
  You'd think so, but they probably saw "loss of human life" and went "hysterical. ignore.". It's actually really hard to warn people. Warn them loudly and strongly and they think you're scaremongering and being unnecessarily negative. Warn them quietly, and nobody listens. Warn them just right, and they'll take it under consideration, but go ahead anyway. When of course the inevitable happens, as the guy who predicted doom, you'll be blamed, because "it wouldn't have happened if you hadn't made a self fulfilling prophecy".
stevegoober 11y ago
> I doubt anyone in the reagan admin could even understand this note Right... and maybe this is a problem with the authors of the note rather than the recipients? Know how to communicate to your target audience.
- URSpider94 11y ago
  That's why he sent it to the VP of Engineering, who I'm sure understood everything in the letter.
  - stevegoober 11y ago
    Ok, I was going based on the information shams93 contributed, which now seems to be incorrect. No need for the brutal down-voting.
    - Etheryte 11y ago
      You could read the actual article before commenting.
URSpider94 11y ago
It was not sent to anyone in the political administration. It was sent to the VP of Engineering at the company that manufactured the solid rocket boosters.
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I doubt anyone in the reagan admin could even understand this note its highly technical it was likely tossed out without ever being read.

by shams93 11y ago

I doubt anyone in the reagan admin could even understand this note its highly technical it was likely tossed out without ever being read.

crystalmeph 11y ago

This memo was not sent to the administration, it was sent to the management of Morton Thiokol, who could reasonably be expected to understand basic engineering phrases like "loss of human life." It's a real PITA to engineer safe systems (see e.g. IEC 61508 and ISO 13849 in industrial automation), but it saves lives, and if you're in a position where Sales, Production, etc. is trying to get you to rush the Engineering work so they can make deadline, you've got to find the backbone to say "no," even if it hurts you professionally.

madaxe_again 11y ago
You'd think so, but they probably saw "loss of human life" and went "hysterical. ignore.". It's actually really hard to warn people. Warn them loudly and strongly and they think you're scaremongering and being unnecessarily negative. Warn them quietly, and nobody listens. Warn them just right, and they'll take it under consideration, but go ahead anyway. When of course the inevitable happens, as the guy who predicted doom, you'll be blamed, because "it wouldn't have happened if you hadn't made a self fulfilling prophecy".

stevegoober 11y ago

> I doubt anyone in the reagan admin could even understand this note Right... and maybe this is a problem with the authors of the note rather than the recipients? Know how to communicate to your target audience.

URSpider94 11y ago
That's why he sent it to the VP of Engineering, who I'm sure understood everything in the letter.
- stevegoober 11y ago
  Ok, I was going based on the information shams93 contributed, which now seems to be incorrect. No need for the brutal down-voting.
  - Etheryte 11y ago
    You could read the actual article before commenting.

URSpider94 11y ago

It was not sent to anyone in the political administration. It was sent to the VP of Engineering at the company that manufactured the solid rocket boosters.

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