7.9 TRILLION articles? Surely you exaggerate. I only count 7.4 trillion.
This story reminds me of the Vasa, the swedish ship that sank about 5 minutes into it’s maiden journey around 1500 or so. It was discovered and raised and a portion sits in the museum. It has been determined that the failure occurred because of the constant changes the were added during construction. It was made longer, then taller, more guns, etc. Sounds eerily similar to this article in which changes were added without anticipating the impacts to other parts of the ship.