Shuttle Columbia: The Perils of Powerpoint

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) that was empowered to investigate the causes of the loss of shuttle Columbia found that NASA often used viewgraph and PowerPoint slides to present complex information that was used to render important technical judgments. These technologies, however, had the effect of obscuring key information and hampering effective decision-making.

Dombrowski, Paul M. ATTW Bulletin (2005). Articles>Usability>Engineering>Microsoft PowerPoint