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> It amazes me how young many of the people were. Maybe not so different from startups today?

• dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  NASA wasn't a startup. It was (and is) a full blown government bureaucracy. The idea that there'd be a bunch of 20 and 30-somethings making critical decisions for a big organization like that is very foreign today.
  • kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
    The NASA bureaucrats were used to 20-to-30 somethings making critical decisions during WW2 and Korea. There was much less of a culture of delayed adulthood as we have today.
  • raverbashing 7y ago
    Actually I think it was much more streamlined than today Also, bureaucratic BS usually melts when faced with pressure from above. (Though then you might have things like the Challenger disaster)