News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Poop and Soda Bottles Threaten Air Force Rocket Program, Investigators Say. Parent comment

Re:Poop and Soda Bottles Threaten Air Force Rocket Program, ... by pavel_lishin on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @01:19PM (#16108359)
> Indeed. And it doesn't work. Look at the sheer number of near world destroying accidents our military have managed to muster over the years.

What is that number? And do we know that the number would be less without these types of regulations?

> Looking at the spanner incident pointed out by two sibling comments, the "dont carry heavy tools or anchor then when working on the big explodey thing" rule was not enforced and double-checked

My understanding from listening to the podcast episode (this morning) is that the tool-anchoring rules were only added after that particular disaster.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Poop and Soda Bottles Threaten Air Force Rocket Program, ... by IdeaHamstir on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @02:12PM (#16108836)
> What is that number? And do we know that the number would be less without these types of regulations?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accid...

I guess it depends on your definition of "near world destroying accidents".

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Poop and Soda Bottles Threaten Air Force Rocket Program, ... by cjsuk on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @03:01PM (#16109424)
There were tool anchoring rules way before that, going back to the 1960s.
[ Parent | on HN ]