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> if the US products fail, there's no real negative effect on the mainland United States It's even worse than that. Schedules slipping and cost overruns are go
by 27183 3mo ago
> if the US products fail, there's no real negative effect on the mainland United States
It's even worse than that. Schedules slipping and cost overruns are good things for the manufacturer, because they can charge more on top of their initial contract. Cost-plus ftw.
- Retric 3mo agoCost plus isn’t nearly as common as it used to be. But you still run into similar issues regardless of the contract structure. Try and build a rail network without anyone in government wanting something changed from the initial design for 20 years.
- s1artibartfast 3mo agoYep, because of the incentives. Few people in the government making those choices are depending on the thing actually getting built. Most are paid to prevent projects with a given defect type from proceeding. They aren't rewarded for the number of projects that succeed without defects. Preventing CYA from running wild is a legitimately hard problem to solve.