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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]]

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FOR SHUTTLE... PUT IN YEARS OF EFFORT + BILLIONS OF $
CAN'T DO THAT IF YOU'RE AN INTERNET START UP...[[underline]] BUT... [[/underline]]