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Indeed! And so goes hindsight. And we (the human race) have learned.

• chii 8y ago
  > And we (the human race) have learned. yet, this is specific to this one incident, one specific threat. The issue is more likely to be systemic. Once a production system is up and running, it is not consistantly being improved and iterated upon, but instead left to stagnate technologically (and in this case, in safety in light of new research etc). But the argument is that such level of continuous improvement/iteration is costly, and the owners would not recouperate the costs! And so hence the economics goes, and so does the human condition continues to revolve around profit and loss.
  • mjevans 8y ago
    Thus regulate mandatory re-certified every 10 years. Also that such process must involve meeting or exceeding //current// engineering standards and safety, with the potential for limited exceptions if approved by need and actively in progress plans for achieving the specifications.
    • Tempest1981 8y ago
      Can't a new president quickly overturn such regulations?