Engineering Ethics
Subtitle: Balancing Cost, Schedule, and Risk - Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 13, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780521437509
Subjects: Engineering: general; Ethics & moral philosophy; Moral and ethical aspects; Case studies; Aviation - General; Science/Mathematics; Technology; Business / Economics / Finance; Engineering ethics; Engineering - General; Decision making; Business Ethics; Business & Economics / Business Ethics; Technology / Engineering / General; Technology : Engineering - General; Transportation : Aviation - General; Propulsion systems; Space shuttles; Design and construction
First sentence: Philosophizing about space flight while awaiting blast-off atop the space shuttle Columbia, astronaut Alan B. Shepard jokingly commented that it was a humbling experience knowing that his fate depended on a vehicle built by the lowest bidder!