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Philosophy Short Answers Question 1: The Crystal Palace was originally erected in London, England in 1851. The construction system consisted of prefabricated and wrought iron elements along with glass. The palace was based on twenty-foot modules and designed by Joseph Paxton and Charles Fox. The Crystal Palace had extreme significance because it was the first large building constructed of metal and glass. In addition, the Crystal Palace was the first building erected in which the outer walls …

…error may have designed some of the earliest structures. Although success sounds better then failure, in the case of the Challenger we learned far more from our failure then we would have from a successful mission. The Challenger's failures were specific. Specific enough to remove those assumptions that resulted in failure. By applying Duhems logical point model, those assumptions which caused the Challenger to fail are removed and never assumed again within the same case.