
Can 'normalisation of deviance' help to explain a catastrophe?
From All In The Mind
Published 2/14/2026

From All In The Mind
Published 2/14/2026
40 years ago, NASA experienced one of its most devastating disasters.The Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven crew members.How had this happened? And did the culture of NASA have anything to do with it?In this episode, we dig into a concept called…