Bill Wieneke of the Wisconsin State Journal has written a piece today that compares the problem of the shuttle with the problem of acquiring too much knowledge about one's medical condition. While he states he did appreciate the cardiac care that he received, yet one has to be careful about knowing too much.
I have heard this theory several times in the past couple of days. It was the favorite of my car mechanic also. The theory is that if one just avoided the knowledge and then had a couple of beers and just "go for it" on reentry it would all work out ok.
Click on the post to read Bill's article. I think it may be a lesson for all of us never to write an article within an hour of a medical exam.
What do you think?
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
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Here is some perspective of the knowledge required to make the shuttle operate: With over 2 million separate and distinct parts on the shuttle, NASA cannot operate with 99.999 percent accuracy; that would leave the possibility that about 2000 parts might malfunction. Which of those 2000 parts would YOU pick to malfunction? It's a sobering thought....
ReplyDeleteWhy pick, why do any have to malfunction?
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