Having integrity would be easy if you never had to fight and the results always benefitted you. Life is not a fair thing.

Engineers place a lot of emphasis on having the right answer and almost no emphasis on ensuring their influence. It doesn't matter how right you are if nobody will follow your direction.

Yes, this to me is the most disturbing aspect of the story. It's one thing that the mistake was made in the first place; no one could be completely sure what would happen. But to then ostracize the people who warned of the possible catastrophe -- that's a corrupt culture.

may be slight offtopic, but this kind of news touches me. It shouldnt since NASA is a government agency and we all know how bureaucratic it can get, but for some reason NASA always stand to me as a well behave agency with strong morale. This is an exception from all other government entities. But this news proves my feeling were wrong.

What's the statute of limitations on negligent homicide?