Re: Fixed costs dominate launch costs
- From: "mmaker@xxxxxxxxxxx" <mmaker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 6 Mar 2007 08:52:51 -0800
On Mar 6, 3:19 pm, "Michael Turner" <l...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Mass market: Henry Ford discovered that if he paid his workers more,
he got all the money back and then some, because higher paid workers
could afford his cars. Somehow, I don't expect this kind of positive
feedback loop to establish itself in space vehicle production.
It didn't exist for cars, either. Ford discovered that if he paid his
workers more he got better workers and they stuck with the job, and
the improved productivity and reduced turnover easily paid for the
higher wages.
The rest is just an urban myth, though one that's proven very hard to
kill.
Mark
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