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The Apollo program doesn’t seem to be a good example of a space pipeline that is sustainable for a few decades at least.
by adrianN 2y ago
The Apollo program doesn’t seem to be a good example of a space pipeline that is sustainable for a few decades at least.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Apollo program doesn’t seem to be a good example of a space pipeline that is sustainable for a few decades at least Correct. OP suggested the root of the problem is we haven't made "these workers government employees." The Apollo programme had lots of government employees. Commercial interests clearly aren't at the root of the problem.
- echoangle 2y agoIm pretty sure the government employees working on Apollo were mostly already there before the program or stayed there afterwards, so their tenure was probably much longer than 3.6 years. And a lot of work on Apollo was done by contractors (for example building basically all flight hardware as far as I know).