Another paper based on OP, from the same author, published in 2007 and including discussion of non-software failures: <a href="http://klabs.org/DEI/lessons_learned/aerospace_corp/lessons_from_mistakes.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://klabs.org/DEI/lessons_learned/aerospace_corp/lessons_...</a><p>Other lessons learned from the space industry: <a href="http://klabs.org/DEI/lessons_learned/" rel="nofollow">http://klabs.org/DEI/lessons_learned/</a>
This slide deck doesn't go into enough detail and I think the Arianne 501 section is not entirely correct; if you're interested in this topic, I enjoyed reading Space Systems Failures [1].<p>My spouse used to work as a EE in the aerospace industry and I collected some awesome stories from her. The degree of cultural pathology there is difficult for outsiders to comprehend.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Space-Systems-Failures-Disasters-Satellites/dp/0387215190/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344864492&sr=8-1&keywords=space+system+failures" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Space-Systems-Failures-Disasters-Satel...</a>