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Also, I'm sure the rest of us would like to know what are the equipment that NASA is supposedly stuffed with that they don't need.
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An example was the Space Shuttle. As I mentioned earlier, it contained parts manufactured by all 50 States. This is nuts. Who had the smart idea of making Space Shuttle parts in Hawaii or Alaska?
The reason the Shuttle lasted this long wasn't because it was too good, but that the 50 state job creation is too powerful politically. The Shuttle wasn't what it was suppose to be (too expensive per launch), never did what it was suppose to do (regular launches cheaply), and couldn't be replaced by superior designs earlier because so much had already been invested in it. It worked, but the miracle was that it ever managed to work.