When Engineering Fails (1998)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

How it feels

This documentary examines why major engineering disasters happen. It looks at specific cases like the Challenger explosion and discusses whether computer-aided design carries different risks than older methods.

educationalsoberanalyticalmethodicalcautionaryreflectivethought-provoking

What happens

When Engineering Fails is a 1998 film written and presented by Henry Petroski. It examines the causes of major disasters, including the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and compares the risks of computer-assisted design with those of traditional engineering methods. The original title of the film was To Engineer Is Human, the title of Petroski's non-fiction book about design failures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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