NYTimes: Taking Lessons From What Went Wrong

Why do engineers fail? Because they are tasked "the art of molding materials we do not really understand into shapes we cannot really analyze, so as to withstand forces we cannot really assess, in such a way that the public does not really suspect"

Taking Lessons From What Went Wrong

Disaster can spur innovation, and experts say analysis of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico will probably improve complex deep-water drilling technology.

http://nyti.ms/balwkL