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I strongly disagree. I have seen a company be destroyed because they got things almost right, from the beginning. This "success" informed their every decision
by deeviant 12y ago
I strongly disagree.
I have seen a company be destroyed because they got things almost right, from the beginning. This "success" informed their every decision and created an enormous resistance to trying anything new and in the end it turned out almost simply wasn't good enough. The initial success destroyed them.
- hga 12y agoThat destroyed two Space Shuttles and killed their crews. Both the failing field joints ("O-rings") and detaching external tank insulation weren't quite bad enough to kill a Shuttle, were all but ignored, until of course they couldn't be ignored.
- robryan 12y agoI agree, this video makes it look like there was a strong chance that it could have been a success if the random variables on the way down aligned better. If it had of been they may not have learned and iterated based on this possibility and may have had a failure down the track.