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0 pointsChocolateGod11mo ago0 comments

> safety reviews, tests, updated procedures and flight rules, and endless other paperwork to make sure neither the crew nor the space station are put in any risk.

And no one involved in these tasks has any reason to do it quickly or on time.

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throwanem11mo ago

There are seventeen names so far of people who died because it was more important to NASA management to get things done on time than to get things done right.

How many more names do we need to add to that list, before the psychotic mania for paperclips-uber-alles efficiency has been satisfied? And for that matter, I'm sure somewhere there's a headstone carved "Robert Strange McNamara," but have we checked what's in the casket under it? Or that there's a casket there at all? Did anyone see a body?

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0 pointsChocolateGod11mo ago0 comments

> safety reviews, tests, updated procedures and flight rules, and endless other paperwork to make sure neither the crew nor the space station are put in any risk.

And no one involved in these tasks has any reason to do it quickly or on time.

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throwanem11mo ago

There are seventeen names so far of people who died because it was more important to NASA management to get things done on time than to get things done right.

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