> Shuttle flights proved that the Shuttle-like configuration works successfully and there is less risk when choosing a configuration Classic Soviet risk-averse

> Shuttle flights proved that the Shuttle-like configuration works successfully and there is less risk when choosing a configuration Classic Soviet risk-averse behavior. See also: copying every single detail from the B-29 because they knew it worked and it would be their heads (perhaps literally) if the Tu-4 didn't. They did the same thing with Joe-1, their first atomic bomb test. Do what you know works so you can go home at the end of the day. Innovation is a luxury. This is what happens when employees fear management. Lessons to be learned.