Failure is our Friend
Still, wouldn’t it be even better if we could be successful without ever failing?
We may think so, but in the end, performing without failure doesn’t necessarily produce lasting success.
All success with no failure often leads a person to arrogance and carelessness.
As a result, the always successful person or organization could suddenly encounter a disaster.
Between the 1960s and the 1980s, NASA, the U.S. agency in charge of researching and exploring space, completed one successful mission after another with no significant failure.
In 1968, it launched Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to fly around the moon.
In 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon, and the NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person in history to walk on the moon.
During the following years, NASA successfully sent five other rockets to the moon.
Even when the oxygen tank in Apollo 13 exploded on its way to the moon in 1970, its entire crew was rescued, and they were able to return home safely.
This continued series of successes made the decision-makers at NASA too self-assured and unable to imagine failure.
In 1986, NASA planned to send its second space shuttle, Challenger, into orbit.
Right before the launch, engineers expressed concerns about mechanical malfunctions and advised that the launching be postponed.
However, NASA managers did not take their warnings seriously and launched Challenger as planned.
Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after it was launched, which resulted in the deaths of its seven crew members.
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