真相、谎言与O形环
Truth, lies, and O-rings
Allan J. McDonald、James R. Hansen · 初版 2009 年
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“1986年1月一个寒冷的早晨，NASA发射了Space Shuttle Challenger，尽管包括Allan McDonald在内的许多人都曾发出警告劝阻。升空后片刻Challenger在电视直播中化作火球爆炸解体的画面，成为全美集体记忆中难以磨灭的印记。”“在Truth, Lies, and O-Rings中，身为资深工程师与主管的McDonald从他当时身处的Launch Control Center重温了这场悲剧。当他竭力呼吁关注灾难背后的真正原因时，他却成了唯一遭到NASA及其雇主Morton Thiok打击报复的人
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任何对挑战者号空难的具体细节感兴趣的人，以及任何从事工程岗位、负责安全审批签字的人，我都推荐读读 Allan McDonald 写的《Truth, Lies, and O-Rings》。他是当时的 Thiokol 项目经理，曾拒绝在 Thiokol 的准飞备忘录上签字，但最终被高管强行否决。书中讨论了 STS-4 的烧蚀问题，以及民兵导弹中的烧蚀……
I'd recommend that anyone who is interested in the nitty gritty details of the Challenger disaster, and anyone who is in an engineering position and signs off of safety approvals, to read "Truth, Lies, and O-Rings" by Allan McDonald. He was the Thiokol program manager who refused to sign the Thiokol safe-to-fly memo but was overruled by executives. The STS-4 erosion is discussed, as is erosion in the Minuteman…
“头脑就像降落伞，只有打开时才能发挥作用。”这是 Morton Thiokol 工程师 Allan MacDonald 在其著作《Truth, Lies, and O-Rings》前言中引用的一句詹姆斯·杜瓦爵士的名言——如果你喜欢思考组织的平庸之恶，以及人类决策是如何运作（且往往是如何失效）的，那这本书强烈推荐。他还在前言中接着写道：“我当时并不是建议不要发射……
"Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open." This was the quote by Sir James Dewar that Morton Thiokol engineer Allan MacDonald put in the foreword to his book "Truth, Lies, and O-Rings" -- highly recommended if you enjoy pondering organizational banality and how human decision-making works (and often doesn't). He goes on to say in the foreword: "I wasn't recommending not launching…
《Truth, Lies, and O-Rings》是一本引人入胜（尽管有时读起来略显枯燥）的书，任何对挑战者号空难感兴趣的人，都应该把它列在必读书单榜首。对我来说，更有趣的旁支讨论之一是……
"Truth, Lies, and O-Rings" is a fascinating (if sometimes tedious) book that should be at the top of any reading list for those interested in the Challenger disaster. For me one of the more interesting side-bar discussions are…
如果你想看更详尽的内容，既涵盖技术问题的方方面面，又涵盖导致这场灾难的企业与政府渎职行为，不妨看看 Allan McDonald 写的《Truth, Lies, and O-Rings》。他是 Thiokol 的项目经理，当时拒绝在发射许可上签字，结果被自家高管强行压制。他对费曼评价颇高，当然也夹带了些对其他人的私人恩怨……
If you want a much more detailed treatment that covers both every aspect of the technical issues, as well as the corporate and government malfeasance that lead to the disaster, consider “Truth, lies, and O-Rings” by Allan McDonald, the Thiokol program manager who would not sign of off on the launch and overruled by his executives. He had good things to say about Feynman, and definitely some axe grinding for other…
……用红外高温计测得的温度是 -13 °C，而当晚最低环境温度明明是 -5.5 °C，左侧 SRB 测得的温度是 -4 °C？到底是什么把右侧 SRB 过度冷却了？Allan McDonald 的《Truth, Lies, and O-Rings》是任何想讨论这起特定企业与政府渎职细节的人的必读书。600页全是技术细节和政治内幕。他认为……
…temperature was measured as -13 deg C using infrared pyrometers, when the lowest ambient temperature that night was -5.5C, and the Left SRB was measured -4 C? What subcooled the right SRB? Allan McDonald's "Truth, Lies, and O-Rings" is mandatory reading for anyone who wants to discuss the details of this particular bit of corporate and government malfeasance. It's 600 pages of technical detail and political intrigue. He suggests…
我来晚了，不过我是一名 NASA 的承包商员工，最近刚好在读 McDonald 先生写的《Truth, Lies, and O-Rings》。特别让我感到抓狂的是，似乎一直存在着一个由正直工程师组成的国际“阶层”，他们随时准备着——哪怕不是几千年，也已经准备了好几个世纪……
I'm late to the party, but I work as a NASA contractor and have just recently been reading "Truth, Lies, and O-Rings" by Mr. McDonald. Something that I find really frustrating is that it seems that there's an international "caste" of honest engineers who are ready, and have been ready for centuries if not millenia,…