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Rescheduled Date: The history of manufacturing, science and engineering is littered with failed projects. Often these mega mistakes cost mega millions and cause mega embarrassment. A few conspicuous examples are the Hubble Telescope’s faulty mirror; ‘Galloping Gertie’ – the Tacoma Narrows Bridge; and Samsung phone’s exploding batteries. The fallout from these gaffes has a puzzling but consistent lack of repercussions for the perpetrators. Crossley recalls some of the low points in the age of technology.
David Crossley has degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering; he retired from a 40-year career in the aerospace arena. He taught electromagnetics at NMSU and performed electronic warfare operations in five war zones with the Air Force out of Kirtland Air Force Base.