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According to Rockets and People by Chertok, they've solved that issue in late 70s by properly organizing the process and setting the right balance between perso
by orbital-decay 8y ago
According to Rockets and People by Chertok, they've solved that issue in late 70s by properly organizing the process and setting the right balance between personal responsibility and root cause analysis. However, in the last decade or so the industry deteriorated significantly, lost much of its institutional memory, and the problem reappeared due to low wages and clueless management.
- codeflo 8y agoDoes the book analyze why that happened industry-wide? Clueless management can't be the root cause, because somebody had to hire those managers.
- orbital-decay 8y agoThe book is a memoir of Boris Chertok, one of the leading soviet rocket and spacecraft designers, and was written in 90s. (can't recommend it highly enough, by the way) The rest is my own conclusion. It's actually quite hard to pinpoint a single cause for all russian space industry troubles, most of it goes far beyond a single industry boundary and boils down to the politics, lobbying games and lack of governmental interest in certain industries which are still 99% dependent on the government.