Overview
When design flaws fell projects, the cost is often exacted in lives as we see in this look at engineering disasters. Why did the Tower of Pisa begin to lean by as much as 17 feet; what caused the first nuclear accident in 1961 in Idaho; what killed three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts aboard the world's first orbiting space station; how did a winter storm destroy the Air Force's Texas Tower Radar Station, killing 28; and what errors led to NASA's loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander?
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8 - 1Battle Gear. January 08, 2001 -
8 - 2Proving Grounds January 16, 2001 -
8 - 3Commercial Jets January 22, 2001 -
8 - 4Apollo 13 January 29, 2001 -
8 - 5Survival Technology February 07, 2001 -
8 - 6Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel February 12, 2001 -
8 - 7Garage Gadgets February 22, 2001 -
8 - 8Construction Machines March 01, 2001 -
8 - 9Hadrian's Wall March 12, 2001 -
8 - 10Monster Trucks. March 19, 2001 -
8 - 11Lighthouses April 11, 2001 -
8 - 12Computers April 16, 2001 -
8 - 13Engineering Disasters 3. May 07, 2001 -
8 - 14Chemical And Biological Weapons May 14, 2001
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8 - 15International Airports II May 21, 2001
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8 - 16Codes. June 08, 2001 -
8 - 17The M-16 June 11, 2001 -
8 - 18The Colosseum June 19, 2001 -
8 - 19The World Trade Center June 25, 2001 -
8 - 20Hardware Stores June 26, 2001 -
8 - 21Saloons June 27, 2001 -
8 - 22More Gadgets July 24, 2001 -
8 - 23Cattle Ranches July 25, 2001 -
8 - 24Cannons. August 21, 2001 -
8 - 25Nuclear Subs August 28, 2001 -
8 - 26Air Shows September 04, 2001 -
8 - 27West Point September 11, 2001 -
8 - 28Quarries. September 18, 2001 -
8 - 29Diamond Mines September 19, 2001 -
8 - 30The House October 15, 2001
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8 - 31Work Clothes October 16, 2001
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8 - 32Bunkers. October 17, 2001 -
8 - 33Cemeteries. October 23, 2001 -
8 - 34War Games October 24, 2001 -
8 - 35Drive-Thru November 13, 2001 -
8 - 36Times Square November 27, 2001 -
8 - 37Los Angeles November 29, 2001
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8 - 38Glass November 30, 2001 -
8 - 39Firing Ranges December 01, 2001 -
8 - 40The St. Louis Arch December 04, 2001