From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101deb,f96f757d5586710a X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,5ac12f5a60b1bfe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,5ac12f5a60b1bfe X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: Tom Speer Subject: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception? Date: 1996/08/27 Message-ID: <322390B2.73EA@mhs.elan.af.mil>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 176881411 references: <4vgmit$124@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <4vk8r4$2r7@zeus.orl.mmc.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: 412th Test Wing / TSFF mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pl1 x-mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win16; I) Date: 1996-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert I. Eachus wrote: > >...It speaks well for the consortium that they did > an honest evaluation of what went wrong and published it. > Unfortunately it was clearly bowdlerized and mentions no names. I > suspect that this was a condition imposed upon publishing it. > .... My limited experience with investigating similar events is that it is the usual practice in such mishaps that there are actually two investigations. The first one is done as a safety investigation, and its purpose is to determine the cause as quickly as possible so that the lessons can be learned and disseminated in time to avoid a repeat of the problem. The information given to such a board is privledged information, and the specific interviews and deliberations of the board in arriving at their conclusions are never divulged. Only the board's findings of fact and their analysis of why the mishap occured are reported. The second investigation is done for the purpose of finding fault. If this board interviews you, you better know what your rights are, because they're out to hang the guilty bastards. What you've seen are the results of the first board. TS