University 113 Spring 2005
ML 251 Tu-Th: 2:30-3:50 PM
Technological Disasters and Catastrophes
"If anything can go wrong, it will."
Murphy's Law
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The Challenger Accident
"The Rogers' Commission 256-page report described
a failure in management, which even today is used as a model in business
schools of how not to make a decision." The BBC
On January 28, 1986 America was shocked by the destruction of the space
shuttle Challenger, and the death of its seven crew members. The accident
was made especially poignant by the fact that school children all over
America watched the tragedy on live television."
Reading Packet #7. Photos are here.