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		yarg on Nov 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA puts jet propulsion lab on blast over Psyche ... There was no reason that the Challenger disaster could not have been prevented. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/28/464744781... https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/21/470870426... If I were Ebeling, I'd've punched my manager.

stigz on Nov 6, 2022 [–]

Those engineers blamed themselves for the Challenger all these years? What a shame,

yarg on Nov 6, 2022 | [–]

Just because some non-technical pricks refused to listen to the man who actually knew what the fuck he was on about.

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