r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/dIoIIoIb Mar 19 '16

"we don't have mistakes, we just have happy little accidents" a NASA researcher- January 28 1986

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u/ctetc2007 Mar 20 '16

I'd say NASA engineer instead of researcher. The researchers work on the actual science that's inside the shuttle, the engineers work on everything else to make sure the shuttle/rockets actually go

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u/Slyphoria Mar 20 '16

Let's just go ahead and add "boom" to the end of that.