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Just proves heroism is stupid. His death threw Soviet space program back for several years. Postponing the mission would undeniably cause much less harm if any

• avmich 13y ago
  Remember Apollo-1.
• rwallace 13y ago
  It's not specific to Russian nature. It's the nature of any environment where people are punished for reporting bad news up the chain of command. That's the relevant message most of the HN readership should be taking from this. You'll never be in charge of a Soyuz launch but you might someday be in charge of a project or company that has an opportunity to correct problems before they become disasters. Make sure the workers on the ground floor aren't afraid to tell you about the problems. Conversely if you are on the ground floor and find yourself afraid to report problems, it might be time to start looking for another job.
• speeder 13y ago
  No, it was just shitty management, like how Eike Batista frequently made clear his displeasure for non-optimistic news, and then went to create a billionaire loss on oilfields that had not much oil, because he told his geologists to tell him that there was much oil in them
• Aqueous 13y ago
  "Nothing is certain but death, taxes, and management fail."