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[[upper left margin]] staple imprint and stain [[/upper left margin]] [[circled upper right margin]] 3 [[/circled upper right margin]] DRAW SOME LESSONS FROM SPACE PGM.... -APPARENTLY...SOMETHING of AN EXPERT IN "RISK-TAKING" DON'T THINK OF MYSELF AS A RISK-TAKER (DELUSIONAL?) EXPLAIN: IF JOE BLOW DOWN THE BLOCK WAS BUILDING A ROCKET, + LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS...NOT ME STRAP INTO [[underlined]] SHUTTLE [[/underlined]], SITTING ON TOP of EXPLOSION, ZILLIONS of PARTS HAVE TO WORK PERFECTLY, [[underlined]] LOTS [[/underlined]] of THINGS COULD HAPPEN THAT WOULD KILL YOU BEFORE YOU EVEN KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG... [[underlined twice]] BUT: [[/underlined]] [[cirlced]] 1 [[/circled]] TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN TESTED + TESTED + TESTED... EVERY PATH of [[SW?]] CHECKED + RE-CHECKED. EVERY CRITICAL SYSTEM HAD AT LEAST 1, MORE OFTEN 2, BACK-UPS TECHNICAL RISK IS WELL-UNDERSTOOD... + IT'S BEEN MINIMIZED & [[cirlced]] 2 [[/circled]] EVERYONE ASSOCIATED W/SHUTTLE FLIGHT IS WELL-TRAINED, + HAD PRACTICED [[strikethough]] HANDLING [[/strikethrough]] RESPONDING TO EVERY CONCEIVABLE PROBLEM [ASTRONUATS, MISSIONS CNT'L, TECHNICIANS => [PEOPLE [[underline]]REDUCE [[/underline]] RISK, THEY DON'T ADD TO IT AT THIS END of DAY, THE QUESTION IS: IS THE RISK ACCEPTABLE. DECISION THAT [[underline]] NASA [[/underline]] HAS TO MAKE BEFORE EVERY LAUNCH [ACCIDENT LIKE Challenger = MULTI-BILLION $ accident ]; [[underline]] ALSO [[/underline]] DECISION THAT EVERY ASTRONAUT HAS TO MAKE => IS THE LEVEL of RISK ACCEPTABLE, GIVEN YOUR GOALS? (WOULDN'T GET IN SPACE SHUTTLE TO GO TO BOSTON...BUT I WOULD TO EXPLORE SPACE, DEPLOY HUBOLL [[HUBELL]] SPACE TELESCOPE) [[underline]] PROCESS: [[/underline]] [[circled]] 1 [[/circled]] IDENTIFY (UNDERSTAND) GOAL [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] UNDERSTAND [[crossed out]] (EVALUATE) [[/crossed out]] RISK [[cirCled]] 3 [[/circled]] WORK TO [[underline]] MINIMIZE [[/underline]] RISK [[circled]] 4 [[EVALUATE RISK IN TERMS OF GOAL..IS IT WORTH IT? [[crossed out]] => [[LEARN?]] TO EVALUATE IT, THAN EMBRACE IT [[crossed out]] [[left margin with arrow pointing at bottom of page]] FOR SHUTTLE... PUT IN YEARS OF EFFORT + BILLIONS OF $ CAN'T DO THAT IF YOU'RE AN INTERNET START UP...[[underline]] BUT... [[/underline]]