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> I think even if you gave most engineering organizations the budget and mandate that NASA has, they still wouldn't be able to pull off something like Webb beca

> I think even if you gave most engineering organizations the budget and mandate that NASA has, they still wouldn't be able to pull off something like Webb because they don't have the practice of it IMO, Webb is a bad example. It was super over budget, late, and experienced a litany of problems. In contrast, most un-manned NASA projects are roughly on budget and generally have few issues. And even the ones that do, NASA often figures out how to correct them like the Hubble telescope.

adastra22 3y ago
> In contrast, most un-manned NASA projects are roughly on budget and generally have few issues. This is simply not true. Maybe for some of the smallest Discovery or New Frontiers missions, but then those aren’t actually built by NASA/JPL. Mars Sample Return is also famously insanely late and over budget, and so have been most flagship missions.