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The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the over-reliance on PowerPoint (2019)

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210 points scapecast | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 21:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.258s | source
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gjejcjekdnfnwja ◴[29 Aug 25 00:46 UTC] No.45058702[source]▶
As an engineer, that slide looks completely reasonable to me. Its purpose was to communicate technical info, which it did adequately. Keep in mind that the subject matter is highly technical, given that we're literally talking about the Space Shuttle, and more than a high school level of reading comprehension is heavily implied. If the NASA personnel weren't competent enough to review technical data without a pithy summary, that's on them.
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1. bpt3 ◴[29 Aug 25 00:52 UTC] No.45058746[source]▶
They should have made it abundantly clear that they had no idea what was going to happen and that loss of the crew and shuttle was a real possibility, but I agree with you.

This slide was presented with a verbal talk track, and anyone who can't handle focusing on the topic because the slide is boring shouldn't be in a position of responsibility.