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To: libh8er

I don’t really think there’s any profound lesson to be learned here, other than “situations transpire.” That, and maybe make some improvements in design. People are always going to want to explore, and sometimes things happen.


57 posted on 06/22/2023 11:27:37 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
I don’t really think there's any profound lesson to be learned here, other than "situations transpire." That, and maybe make some improvements in design. People are always going to want to explore, and sometimes things happen.

I would say there is definitely a profound lesson to be learned here: Avoid complacency, and take safety seriously.

There's always going to be risks in any kind of venture to a place that is inhospitable to humans, but the key is to avoid getting complacent about these risks.

This is a lesson that should have been learned by NASA after the Challenger explosion in 1986. One of the things that was obvious about the space shuttle program after that incident was that NASA had become very complacent about the risks of space travel. By the time 1986 rolled around, the agency was more concerned about diversity and "civilianizing" the crews of these missions -- to the point where the space shuttle was viewed as seriously as you'd oversee a school bus.

The strongest evidence of this came out more than 18 months later when NASA restarted the shuttle missions and military payloads were given top priority over civilian research. All interest in diversity went out the window, and for several years the shuttle crews were comprised almost entirely of white men.

111 posted on 06/22/2023 12:08:18 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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