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Quotes from Rogers Commission Report — Richard Feynman

1918–1988 United States

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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

Rogers Commission Report (1986)

It appears that there are enormous differences of opinion as to the probability of a failure with loss of vehicle and of human life.

Rogers Commission Report (1986)

In spite of these variations from case to case, officials behaved as if they understood it, giving apparently logical arguments to each other often depending on the "success" of previous flights.

Rogers Commission Report (1986)

Let us make recommendations to ensure that NASA officials deal in a world of reality in understanding technological weaknesses and imperfections well enough to be actively trying to eliminate them.

Rogers Commission Report (1986)

The fact that this danger did not lead to a catastrophe before is no guarantee that it will not the next time, unless it is completely understood. When playing Russian roulette the fact that the first shot got off safely is little comfort for the next.

Rogers Commission Report (1986)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Feynman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.