That's the title of a new book by William Langewiesche about...Columbia's last flight. He's interviewed in this month's Atlantic, and he discusses the dysfunctional culture at NASA.

As Clark Lindsey points out, it's unfortunate that the press doesn't understand that this same culture is as debilitating for vehicle development as it is for vehicle operations.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3215-2003Oct22.html

"NASA's flight team is unable to assess the quality of air or water and the radiation levels aboard the space lab because of a growing array of hardware problems that have not been corrected and that may constitute the kind of subtle, creeping risk that NASA officials have vowed to avoid based on the harsh lessons learned from the Feb. 1 Columbia shuttle accident, according to documents, minutes and interviews obtained by The Washington Post."