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Lockmart - a symptom of NASA's many problems
phil — (archived)

I don't think that the Lockmart accusation is unfounded. There's an unhealthy relationship there. NASA nearly always selects them after "competitions".

Ask yourself - what's the success track record re:Mars?

Have missions really gotten substantially more innovative since 1976? This mission will land (if it makes it) 30 friggin' years after Viking. I'd expect more.

Is Mars exploration technology gotten to where you thought it would be when you were in 1997? Remember how the common thinking was that before this proposed mission we were expecting Mars sample and return?

Something is really broken with NASA's approach to contracting and just about everything. Look at 30 years since Apollo at $15B per year. That's roughly half a trillion dollars. And we're where?

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