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Quote by: sdbest  Accidents happen. Even to visionaries, even to NASA, even to people making dinner or having a bath--in fact, more frequently to people cooking and bathing. An accident, like that which happened to Rutan, is evidence of nothing beyond accidents happen. |
Some accidents don't just "happen"--they get needed help from cost-cutting, incompetance, corruption or a combination or all three. Case in point: the Challenger disaster and the defective O-Rings. Engineers and other private contractors lost their jobs after the investigation. The astronauts lost their lives.
Before hailing Rutan as a noble victim of pioneer misfortune, let's wait for the investigation. What do you say?