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

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210 points scapecast | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 21:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.434s | 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. dooglius ◴[29 Aug 25 01:21 UTC] No.45058940[source]▶
> which it did adequately

What makes you think this, given the subsequent events?

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2. gjejcjekdnfnwja ◴[29 Aug 25 01:24 UTC] No.45058963[source]▶
That's a completely unremarkable slide in the aerospace industry. If there was a communication problem, it was with the NASA personnel not being able to operate in their own field.