Public space programs in the US have always been a job creation program that gets chopped up and subcontracted across the country, so many senators can campaign

Public space programs in the US have always been a job creation program that gets chopped up and subcontracted across the country, so many senators can campaign on how they are bringing space jobs to their state. The cost is intentional. And this unnecessary cross country subcontracting was an organizational cause of the Challenger explosion.