What System Safety Engineering Can Learn from the Columbia Accident (Nancy Leveson)

Leveson & Cutcher-Gershenfeld discuss systems safety in the context of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) investigation. NB. These types of analyses are, of course, replete with hindsight and outcome logics, and sometimes judgmental attributions (failure, inadequate). But that doesn’t inherently mean we can’t learn anything. Extracts: ·    “The CAIB report describes system safety engineering at… Continue reading What System Safety Engineering Can Learn from the Columbia Accident (Nancy Leveson)