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Rocket engine purchases were/are a strategic decision to keep the rocket scientists employed rather than having them sell there wares on the black market. I th
by jonathankoren 7y ago
Rocket engine purchases were/are a strategic decision to keep the rocket scientists employed rather than having them sell there wares on the black market.
I thought this was common knowledge for 30 years.
- geomark 7y agoThen why all the angst among US military and government about being unable for so long to produce their own rockets?
- lightgreen 7y agoWhy produce something when you can buy it cheaper? Economy 101.
- salawat 7y agoCounterpoint: Global geopolitics and Military Logistical Strategy 101: sometimes you can't trust who you're buying that widget from when the widget in question has a significant contribution to maintaining National Security. There are also risks to having someone else manufacture a widget that incorporates technology you'd rather not spread around. This is why there will always be at least one domestic chip foundry, and most of the critical components of ICBM's /nuclear weapons are manufactured domestically as I understand it. Medical equipment also falls under that umbrella. Hell, even taps and dies do. God bless Admiral Rickover in that regard.
- jonathankoren 7y agoThis isn’t an opposing point. You want both.