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I'm sure that these groups are producing specifications, and I'm sure those specifications are being followed to the letter (and perhaps even being validated as

I'm sure that these groups are producing specifications, and I'm sure those specifications are being followed to the letter (and perhaps even being validated as such). The problem is that the spec only ever contains about 80% of reality, with the rest being lost either to implicit assumptions made by the writer, or to requirements that the implementer couldn't possibly hit and can't know (unilaterally) how to trade into something more realistic. This is why you have to get the humans to talk to the other humans. If that communication happens via a collaborative design document then yes, that's a process, and it's one that can work.

SoftTalker 2y ago
It's also why we could not recreate a Saturn-V today. We have the specs, but we don't have the knowledge and skills of the people who actually built them.
- buildsjets 2y ago
  Even if you have the specs, you do not know if there was some important variable that was not referenced in the specs, and then you need a billion dollar research project to figure out what was missing from the original spec. Reference: FOGBANK. https://www.twz.com/32867/fogbank-is-mysterious-material-used-in-nukes-thats-so-secret-nobody-can-say-what-it-is https://www.twz.com/32867/fogbank-is-mysterious-material-use...
- whatshisface 2y ago
  Another issue is that the same types of nuts and bolts, resistors, and other miscellanea are not manufactured today.