” ..’ve got a fire in the cockpit…. a bad fire… get out…”

The last 17 seconds of voice recordings of the astronauts in the Apollo 1 Fire, January 27, 1967

Sun Tzu says attack from a direction that is least expected. The corollary is that one must be vigilant in defense of areas where attack is unexpected to prevent or blunt such attack. Disaster does not always occur where risk is highest. And do not mistake known risk for all risk.

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