[LEAPSECS] Robust vs brittle design

[Rob Seaman]

Ian Batten wrote:


> Knife-edge systems which rely on the correct application of high-grade skills may suit people with "The Right Stuff", but real-world engineering has to function when the operators are merely average, or tired, or distracted.


There was a recent Risk's Digest contribution related to this:

	http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/26.31.html#subj16