Project Gutenberg 2010-05-17 Public domain in the USA. 155 Jones, Raymond F. 1915 1994 Jones, Raymond F. (Raymond Fisher) Orban, Paul 1896 1974 Human Error Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction April 1956. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Human Error" by Raymond F. Jones is a science fiction novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The book explores the consequences of human mistakes in the context of advanced space exploration technology. It raises profound questions about human fallibility, the pursuit of perfection, and what it means to be human amid a world increasingly reliant on machines. The story unfolds after a catastrophic accident involving the first space station, known as the Wheel, which collides with a spaceship due to what is deemed pilot error. As a government investigation proceeds, Captain Frank West emphasizes the inherent dangers of relying solely on human pilots for complex space operations, lamenting the unpredictable nature of human error. In the wake of the tragedy, a new project, dubbed "Project Superman," is launched with the aim of creating a new kind of human—one who can perform tasks flawlessly, akin to a machine. However, as researchers delve deeper into the nature of error and human behavior, they find that the essence of humanity lies in emotional feedback—highlighting that human flaws, including emotions and errors, are fundamental to learning and growth. The climax reveals that the desire for a perfect, errorless man may overlook the critical importance of our emotional complexities, ultimately suggesting that the journey into space—and life itself—requires accepting our imperfection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32403/32403-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 105344 2025-08-13T08:46:07.402117 text/html 102479 2021-01-06T14:39:46 text/html 158629 2025-08-13T08:46:09.901096 application/epub+zip 158810 2025-08-13T08:46:07.957114 application/epub+zip 101297 2025-08-13T08:46:07.697123 application/epub+zip 206641 2025-08-13T08:46:11.404118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198688 2025-08-13T08:46:09.645082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141410 2022-09-15T04:32:28.778754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 96072 2025-08-13T08:46:07.151108 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 95946 2021-01-06T14:39:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19038 2025-08-13T08:46:11.530080 application/rdf+xml 30970 2025-08-13T08:46:07.765095 image/jpeg 4970 2025-08-13T08:46:07.731121 image/jpeg 148232 2021-01-06T14:39:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 36634 2021-01-06T14:39:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 148421 2025-08-13T08:46:07.417110 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia