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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.space
Subject: Re: Morton-Thiokol Engineering Claims
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 18:06:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 18:06:22 1986
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In article <6442@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
>If any of them are licensed Professional Engineers, I trust their state
>licensing boards will take notice of this gross dereliction of duty.

There is a story in the March 5, 1986 L.A.  Times about engineers 
who find safety problems in big expensive projects, and what 
happens to them after they go public.  The story contains many 
interesting examples of engineers who voiced concerns over safety 
and were fired.  I recommend going to your local library and 
reading it.  It is very interesting.  

They say that the MT engineer in Florida who refused to authorize 
the launch _was_ still trying to get it stopped, even after 
management went over his head.  

How certain should an engineer be that something will fail before 
he blows his career trying to stop it?  If he does go public to 
stop something from happening, and is proven correct in his 
fears, he will still be considered a trouble maker, and his 
career will be shot.  

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Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim