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NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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dzonga[dead post] ◴[21 Oct 25 13:43 UTC] No.45655728[source]▶
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freedomben ◴[21 Oct 25 13:55 UTC] No.45655868[source]▶
Yes I remember (I worked in that industry), but a few important caveats that you haven't mentioned:

* The cost was exorbitant

* The delivery estimates were hugely long and massively padded

* The precision was ensured through QA and acceptance testing processes that would easily be 10x the amount of cost/effort as the actual development was

* The amount of waste around the programs was incredible

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1. Culonavirus ◴[21 Oct 25 14:25 UTC] No.45656241[source]▶
Also add to that cost the cost of human lives that were expendable on the altar of the cutting edge of technology. The entire Apollo and Shuttle programs were a complete shit show when it comes to the safety of the crews. The acceptable safety margins are not even remotely comparable to today.