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This comment needs more upvotes. The political pressure on NASA is extreme. The only people doted over more than the astronauts were the politicians. Look into
by damoncali 15y ago
This comment needs more upvotes. The political pressure on NASA is extreme. The only people doted over more than the astronauts were the politicians. Look into the origins of the Triana satellite and its subsequent fate for a particularly ridiculous example.
- oz 15y agoSeconded. It is a common cognitive failure of us the engineering-minded to underestimate how important politics and other human factors are.
- 3lit3H4ck3r 15y agoI know this is a movie. But I think we all get the point. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/ Gordon Cooper: You boys know what makes this bird go up? FUNDING makes this bird go up. Gus Grissom: He's right. No bucks, no Buck Rogers.