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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Morton-Thiokol Engineering Claims
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 14:16:42 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 14:16:42 1986
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> You can not go to the press unless the manager's judgement is so bad
> that you are sure disaster will occur.  (Not probably occur, WILL occur).

The M-T engineers are certainly doing a good imitation of being sure, in
retrospect.  The reports I've seen make them out that way, anyway.  In
practice they probably weren't sure, but then they should stop claiming so.
Either they weren't sure, in which case some of the more hysterical finger-
pointing at management is out of order, or they were, in which case they
take a large share of the blame.  They can't have it neither way.

Incidentally, it is possible to resign without holding a press conference.
If management overrules you on something important, and you know damn well
that you know the score and they don't, how can you ethically stay with
that management?  Why were there no quiet resignations at M-T?
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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