> NASA worked better when produced everything in-house. I believe NASA has never produced everything in-house. They don't build (or even design, as far as I ca

> NASA worked better when produced everything in-house. I believe NASA has never produced everything in-house. They don't build (or even design, as far as I can tell) launch vehicles, spacecraft, EVA suits, computers etc. They come up with requirements and contract private companies to build hardware (and software, for that matter) meeting those requirements. For an example, see how the Apollo Lunar Module came to be [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module#Contract_letting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module#Contract_l...