The Worst Accident at the World's Largest Defense Contractor

Описание: A $135 million satellite, lying sideways on a concrete floor. On September 6, 2003, the NOAA N-Prime satellitesuffered a catastrophic fall at the Lockheed Martin facility. It wasn't a complex calculation error or a high-tech sabotage-it was something far more common and far more dangerous: Complacency. In this video, we dive deep into the 2003 NOAA N-Prime accident to understand how a team of elite engineers managed to tip over one of the most advanced weather satellites ever built.

References & Articles
NASA: NOAA N-PRIME Mishap Investigation Final Report (Sept 13, 2004)
Spaceflight Now: "Investigators blame factory workers for satellite accident" (Oct 4, 2004)
Space.com: Jason Bates, "Lockheed Martin Profits To Pay for NOAA N-PRIME Repairs" (Oct 11, 2004)
Space.com: Stephen Clark, "Back from the Brink: Broken Satellite Fixed and Ready to Fly" (Feb 3, 2009)

Video Credits
NASA Kennedy, "NASA’s NOAA-N Prime Satellite Launch" [YouTube]

Artworks
Jacob Jordaens, The King Drinks (1640)
Georges Rochegrosse, The Fall of Babylon (1891)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Blind Leading the Blind (1568)
Edvard Munch, Evening on Karl Johan Street (1892)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Land of Cockaigne (1567)
Tim Shaw, Casting a Dark Democracy (2008)