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Let's ask the US Administration to confer some kind of honor on Robert Ebeling, the engineer at Thiokol who spoke up right before the space shuttle Challenger t
by OliverJones 11y ago
Let's ask the US Administration to confer some kind of honor on Robert Ebeling, the engineer at Thiokol who spoke up right before the space shuttle Challenger the night before its ill-fated launch.
Please click the link to sign the petition.
We know Thiokol and NASA went ahead in spite of his warning, and we know how well that worked out.
Recently it has come out that he was isolated by his company and colleagues after he spoke up.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/28/464744781/30-years-after-disaster-challenger-engineer-still-blames-himself http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/28/464744781/...
Why honor him? Out of respect for him, and respect for engineers and quality-assurance people everywhere. Sometimes it stinks to be right, but part of engineering is being right and saying so.
- csours 11y agoSuggestion: If you can edit the title, the first two words at least should be capitalized.
- kjhughes 11y agoOliver, it looks like you're the creator of the petition. Thanks for doing this.
- mratzloff 11y agoI signed, but it's going to be awfully difficult getting 100,000 signatures in a month. You'll need to campaign for it (contact professional organizations, etc.) if you want it to go anywhere.
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- pdkl95 11y ago> Why honor him? Another reason: encouraging more people to speak up when they see a problem.
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