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Murphy's Law Rules NASA

Posted by michael on from the cat-lands-butter-side-down dept.

3x37 writes "James Oberg, former long-time NASA operations employee, now journalist, wrote an MSNBC article about the reality of Murphy's Law at NASA. Interesting that the incident that sparked Murphy's Law over 50 years ago had a nearly identical cause as the Genesis probe failure. The conclusion: Human error is an inevitable input to any complex endeavor. Either you manage and design around it or fail. NASA management still often chooses the latter."

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  1. if i dont get first post... by InfoHighwayRoadkill · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its beacuase of human error!

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    another Roadkill on the Information Superhighway
  2. Could it be ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fist pr0st?

  3. Oh no! Murphy's law again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Of course... I could not write a first post! Shit!

  4. I think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    game developers should stop overpromising.

  5. In Soviet Russia... by penguinoid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, Murphy's Law obeys YOU!

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  6. Re:Mark my words by WolfWithoutAClause · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Actually a relatively young bunch of guys in America died of CJD. Turned out they'd all eaten scrambled egg mixed with squirrel brains- a local delicacy.

    Presumably, the Squirrel had had CJD, and they'd caught it.

    So, those tree rats can kill if sufficiently provoked! :-)

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    -WolfWithoutAClause

    "Gravity is only a theory, not a fact!"