I view this situation the same way I do the loss of the Energias at Baykonur - pretty much a result of the inability to have a rational discussion about the space sector, due for the most part to Tumlinson. Yeah, yeah, yeah - small rockets from start up companies are going to do everything, and the intelligence community should buy data from the "private sector" - since no one realized this was nonsense, no one budgeted for the result -

"Massive cost overruns on the NRO's troubled $25 billion Future Imagery Architecture program--its next-generation satellite system--have forced the agency to cut funding from other spy satellite programs. A classified audit, prepared by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in June, found that the FIA program was deeply flawed and relied on unrealistic cost estimates. Alarmed at the scope of funding and technical problems, Congress has directed the inspectors general of the Pentagon and the CIA to investigate the program. "

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