2Risk IdentificationUnderstanding the Limits of Engineering Designs
2.1 THE FALL OF ICARUS – UNDERSTANDING THE LIMITS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN
Daedalus, of Greek legend, was known throughout the land for his ingenuity and craft. He was a sculptor, architect, and inventor without peer. He can be thought of as the first aeronautical engineer because of his mythical wing-making.
When the engineer and his young son Icarus were imprisoned in a high tower by the powerful King Minos, who controlled the land and the sea, Daedalus formed an engineering design for flying through the air. Innocently requesting candles so that he might continue to read and study, and using their wax and the feathers of birds that flew about ...
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