#  MSWG: Dan Volmar 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 4, 2015** 

 12:00PM - 01:30PM EST 

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 **Science Center 252**  



 

 



 

**"The Missile, the Forest, and the Garbage Can"**

[RSVP here](http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/rsvp) by Monday, Nov. 2 for lunch.

In 1960, officials of the United States government began to worry that nuclear-armed missiles in the Minuteman class could launch on their targets unintentionally--perhaps by the hundreds. The military and its industrial partners did not share their concern. More than a problem of safety, neither could agree who had the power to define the technical features of the Minuteman missile. This talk asks: How rationally can legal authorities control a complex technology program? In the case of Minuteman, the answer is unclear.



 

 



 

 

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