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Message Subject They faked it ! The Moon Landing !!
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Oh, but it does. You alluded to the corporate expertise of NASA. If NASA were in charge of buying my groceries they wouldn't buy from the store right down the street. No, they'd opt to go to the next country over for the same groceries and spend more $ doing it. They'd pay some mechanics to build a car, shoot a video of somebody grocery shopping, and leave me starving at home all the while claiming how well they fed me.
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Read my post again. It wasn't very organized -- got a head cold and not enough coffee. But I think it is clear the decision-making process under discussion is that of the individual engineer, not that of his employers.

Whether NASA is idiotic enough to attempt to compartmentalize without telling anyone they are being compartmentalized (good luck with that!), they are still dealing with individual workers who know more about their specialties then "NASA" does (or why else would they be hired?) and who are enthusiastic and curious and interested in the challenge.

The kind of person you ask to design a lightweight rover is NOT the kind of person you say to, "You don't need to know the load-carrying capacity of the LM, or the planned duration of the EVA your rover will be used on."

Referring back to Hal's post, these are people who aren't making a widget that they don't understand, these are people who are making a part that can work in space. That fulfills not just some checklist made by NASA, but physics.
 
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