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The problem with that is historically NASA has used contractors to manufacture if not also design virtually all of their hardware. They don't have the experien
by lupusreal 2y ago
The problem with that is historically NASA has used contractors to manufacture if not also design virtually all of their hardware. They don't have the experience to do it all on their own.
- rbanffy 2y agoNASA wouldn’t need to be fully vertical, but it would be wise to have as few nested contractor interfaces as possible. This would make it have more responsibilities in integration of components from multiple vendors, but at least they wouldn’t be shielded from issues and would be able to see them as soon as possible. Another important thing is that their jobs should be protected from political interference, so that nobody feels compelled to not speak up.