Re: Why the HELL haven't we gone back to the moon yet?

From: Derek Lyons (fairwater_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:34:03 GMT

"Jay Windley" <webmaster@clavius.org> wrote:

>Third, it's common for some things not to be written down. That's what
>expertise is for. In an ongoing industry, expertise is conveyed from one
>generation of workers to the next. In a project that has no direct
>follow-on, the people who had the specific know-how (which often defies
>writing down) eventually retire or move on.

FWIW, it's for these reasons that the Virginia class submarines are
being built by two contractors rather than the one that a contract of
this size would seem to warrant.

D. 

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