> I was into my unofficial second shift having already logged 12 hours that Wednesday. Long workdays are a nominal scenario for the assembly and test phase.
Although the time pressure coming with the upcoming deadline is understandable, perhaps the bigger lessons here is that when you are possibly sleep-deprived, and have already pulled too long a shift, you are bound to make avoidable mistakes. And that is the last thing you want on a $500M mission with at limited flight window.
Although the time pressure coming with the upcoming deadline is understandable, perhaps the bigger lessons here is that when you are possibly sleep-deprived, and have already pulled too long a shift, you are bound to make avoidable mistakes. And that is the last thing you want on a $500M mission with at limited flight window.