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It really is a testament to NASA that they managed a moon landing without this level of testing. I wonder how much further along we'd be if there hadn't been a
by zamalek 7y ago
It really is a testament to NASA that they managed a moon landing without this level of testing. I wonder how much further along we'd be if there hadn't been a run of visionless administrations.
- chrispeel 7y agoI believe that Nasa's commercial cargo [1] and crew[2] are the result of vision from past administrations. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Resupply_Services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Resupply_Services [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Development
- craftyguy 7y ago> It really is a testament to NASA that they managed a moon landing without this level of testing. NASA definitely did this exact same testing for Apollo, I'm not sure why you assumed they didn't. https://invidio.us/watch?v=AqeJzItldSQ https://invidio.us/watch?v=AqeJzItldSQ
- matt123456789 7y agoThere ended up being a real failure in the test. Fortunately, the failure occurred in the same system whose failsafe was being tested, giving the failsafe a real chance to shine. The Apollo program never ceases to amaze.
- omilu 7y agoIt's unbelievable how much red tape there is for any federal government agency, from IT, procurement, to HR. Unless you've seen it first hand you would never believe it. Easy things become hard, hard things become impossible.