TIL about the Great Eastern, an 1858 paddlewheel… ocean liner 😵
Graydon (@graydon@canada.masto.host)
@cstross@wandering.shop It’s a really clear demonstration of target versus metric. SLS wants to keep getting paid and for there to not be significant change, because that’s what an incumbent always wants. There’s a lot of metrics involved, all negotiable, but no target. SpaceX wants to do something that they need the launch capability for. (It doesn’t matter a whole lot that the thing is not well thought out; the example of the steamship GREAT EASTERN comes to mind.) They have a target they can’t negotiate.
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