Power Point does lifesaving — NOT
To help NASA officials assess the threat, Boeing Corporation engineers quickly prepared 3 reports, a total of 28 PowerPoint slides, dealing with the debris impact. These reports provided mixed readings of the threat to the Columbia; the lower-level bullets often mentioned doubts and uncertainties, but the highlighted executive summaries and big-bullet conclusions were quite optimistic. Convinced that the reports indicated no problem rather than uncertain knowledge, high-level NASA officials decided that the Columbia was safe and, furthermore, that no additional investigations were necessary…
PowerPoint is directly responsible for Columbia space shuttle crash! Yes, I said: PowerPoint crashed Columbia space shuttle!
“Boeing PowerPoint Pitch.” The WhatPoint Pitch? The PowerWhat Pitch? The PowerPoint What?
This is the official insignia for the first Space Shuttle orbital flight test (STS-1). Crew of the 102 Columbia on STS-1 was Astronauts John W. Young, commander, and Robert Crippen, pilot. The art work was done by artist Robert McCall.
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