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The average age of NASA engineers at the time of Apollo 11 was 28.
by InclinedPlane 10y ago
The average age of NASA engineers at the time of Apollo 11 was 28.
- ddalex 10y agoI think this was instrumental in their success - older people are more cautious their approach. Younger people don't know what can and can't be done and are way more Liberal in taking risks. I also think of this as related to the second system syndrome - Apollo was the first system for a lot of these engineers, and doing lots of things for the first time ever. People were bold and cautious at the same time. The Space Shuttle was the second system - an way over engineered system that did not reach the targets it was designed for, and was successful only through large amounts of money being thrown at the problem.