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I'm kind of fascinated -- and not necessarily in a good sense -- with how unbelievably conservative the aerospace industry became right after its greatest momen
by api 11y ago
I'm kind of fascinated -- and not necessarily in a good sense -- with how unbelievably conservative the aerospace industry became right after its greatest moment of glory. That would have been Apollo in 1969. Seems like after the Moon landings everyone just said "welp, that's it, nothing else will ever be done."
- paulvs 11y agoI agree, I can imagine NASA became complacent, stopped embracing risk, prioritised perfection over practicability and became similar to many public sector departments.
- paulvs 11y agoI agree, I can imagine NASA became complacent, stopped embracing risk, prioritised perfection over practicability and became similar to many public sector departments.
- avmich 11y agoYou probably missed the orbital stations programs. :)
- jessriedel 11y agoNASA didn't become boring because of internal culture. They were planning all sorts of crazy stuff: http://www.wired.com/2014/10/dreamingadifferentapollo/ http://www.wired.com/2014/10/dreamingadifferentapollo/ NASA became boring because they were ordered to become boring and were defunded.