Tesla driver here. I would love to use self-driving except I have had a number of experiences where my Tesla created very unsafe circumstances. It suddenly slammed on the breaks when passing a big-rig. If I hadn't been paying full attention and taken over, I would probably been rear-ended by other cars driving at 70+.. Tried letting the Tesla drive again, and once again it slammed on the breaks when trying to pass a big-rig. Simple freeway driving where self-driving should excel - would probably help if they still used the radar ...

I work at a rocket company at 100% agree, and from what I have read think it is even worse!
- as mentioned, the cables should not be able to be connected wrong - different connectors, different cable lengths, etc.
- there should have be QA steps that ensured these were done correctly
- there should have been checkouts at the factory, the engine test or at the launch site to verify correct connectivity (or all three for expensive payloads).
This appears to be a rookie mistake that we had to learn early on at one of the rocket startups I worked at. There is no excuse to make this kind of mistake at a mature aerospace company, and based on what was shared, it is not cool that they would claim it was human error. It was design, process, checkout and lastly, human error. This appear to be scapegoating from everything I read and appears to be a systemic issue that management should step up and own