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On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 13:04, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > > I understand the nature of the beast. My > job is to make sure my customer does too > in the face of people who claim 'worse > is better' and 80/20 is 'good enough'. > It can be for some applications (say > a ballistic missile) but for a manned > flight, no way. Cheap won't cut it. > > len Len, if you understand the nature of the beast, don't bitch at us, bitch at your customers. Your analogy is dead on. Tim BL came to MiCom and showed them a way to take the money that would have bought them 50 missiles, every one of which would hit the target, and instead get 100 missiles, 80 of which would hit the target. Of course every silo in the world has TB-L missiles now. Of course you're frustrated that you can no longer just upgrade a production missile to man-rating. But neither the generals nor the TB-L missile company have the job of making your job easier. And they did their real job wittingly and well. Frank
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