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How Should We Handle Failure?

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How Important Is It to Fail?

Erica Hamden is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Arizona. Her TED talk, "What It Takes to Launch a Telescope," has been watched millions of times. She talks about her work on Fireball, a balloon telescope that she's worked on for 15 years. Dr. Hamden says success as a sure thing is one of the most crucial things to reject when working on a project.

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