A stunning definition of rocket science was given in 1986 by Richard Feynman,
the Nobel Prize-laureate physicist, who served on the Challenger accident commission and wrote the book What Do You Care What Other People Think?
2
on that
experience. In one frequently quoted phrase, he remarked of the shuttle flights,
“when playing Russian roulette, the fact that the first shot got off safely is little
comfort for the next”.
2
Feynman, Richard. 1988. What Do You Care What People Think? Mr Feynman Goes to
Washington: Investigating Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. London: Penguin Books (Chap. 2).
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the Nobel Prize-laureate physicist, who served on the Challenger accident commission and wrote the book What Do You Care What Other People Think?
2
on that
experience. In one frequently quoted phrase, he remarked of the shuttle flights,
“when playing Russian roulette, the fact that the first shot got off safely is little
comfort for the next”.
2
Feynman, Richard. 1988. What Do You Care What People Think? Mr Feynman Goes to
Washington: Investigating Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. London: Penguin Books (Chap. 2).
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