> Some things are hard and just throwing more money at it doesn't work because it's about company culture and leadership. Indeed, though that sword cuts both w

> Some things are hard and just throwing more money at it doesn't work because it's about company culture and leadership. Indeed, though that sword cuts both ways, if a hard problem gets fixed with lots of money being thrown at it then a competitor may be able to fix it for less if they have the right culture and leadership. > look at SpaceX vs. ESA or Boeing/ULA with reusable boosters. The way I understood it was that SpaceX was granted $3B of tax payer money to set up a moon mission and all they achieved was a single booster catch. That project is gonna go so far over budget both in terms of time and money that it's giving me a stomach ache just thinking about it.