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Re:Roger Boisjoly dies at 73; engineer tried to halt Challen... by 3lit3H4ck3r on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @09:33AM (#3566642)
Stunning.

"When the space shuttle Columbia burned up on reentry in 2003, killing its crew of seven, the accident was blamed on the same kinds of management failures that occurred with the Challenger. By that time, Boisjoly believed that NASA was beyond reform, some of its officials should be indicted on manslaughter charges and the agency abolished."

"NASA's mismanagement "is not going to stop until somebody gets sent to hard rock hotel," Boisjoly said. "I don't care how many commissions you have. These guys have a way of numbing their brains. They have destroyed $5 billion worth of hardware and 14 lives because of their nonsense." "

Re:Roger Boisjoly dies at 73; engineer tried to halt Challen... by afterburner on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @10:53AM (#3566974)
Yes, nothing has changed. Lessons were not learned. And this was known before the Columbia disaster, in fact not long after the commission on the Challenger. It bears striking resemblances to the financial crisis.