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Summary
This document appears to be page 62 of a publication titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?', included in House Oversight evidence files. It analyzes the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster as a case study in communication failure and cognitive bias, specifically how engineers failed to effectively convey the ambiguity and danger of the foam strike to management. The text highlights how the focus was misdirected toward tiles rather than the leading edge of the wing.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Engineers | Technical Staff |
Discussed the shuttle damage in private; presented cleaned-up analysis to management.
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| Management | Leadership |
Received one-way communication of conclusions regarding the shuttle damage.
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| Shuttle Team | Operational Team |
Did not have a full discussion of the possibilities regarding the damage.
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015752)
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| NASA |
Implied organization managing the Space Shuttle.
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Timeline (1 events)
Unknown (Historical reference)
Relationships (1)
Engineers presented analysis to management in a one-way communication.
Key Quotes (3)
"The truth is you simply don’t know. If you are puzzling over the strength of tiles, you have been misdirected."Source
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"It was bad. The foam, a very tough material, had hit the leading edge of the wing, a weak point, punching a hole through it."Source
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"The result: people passively listened to the information rather"Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,226 characters)
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Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
Foam
Debris
Debris
Still from Ground Camera
LOOK AT THE IMAGES, WHAT HAPPENED?
The truth is you simply don’t know. If you are puzzling over the strength of tiles, you have been misdirected. There is video footage of some sort of impact on a wing mostly covered in white tiles, and a slide describing the effect of a benign sounding ‘foam’ hitting those tiles. But what is the evidence for an impact on a tile? The shuttle is certainly not made entirely from tiles; I can see a window in the picture. You should instead be asking more questions, “What happened?” “What hit what?” and “How bad is that?”
It was bad. The foam, a very tough material, had hit the leading edge of the wing, a weak point, punching a hole through it. The wing failed on reentry and tore the shuttle apart. Clearly, a full discussion of the possibilities did not occur amongst the shuttle team, or perhaps it only happened amongst the engineers in private. Once the analysis was tidied up and presented to ‘management’ it was a one-way communication of the conclusions, not a discussion of the underlying ambiguous thought process. The result: people passively listened to the information rather
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