> SpaceShipTwo is an inherently risky experimental test craft—with death always waiting on each side of a narrow envelope—and it always will be. Management is willfully ignorant of this.
This comment reminded me of another story from a previous aerospace era (blimp cruise liners aka airships), the summary of which is:
> A British Lord wanted to build the best airship in the world – and so he had two rival design teams battle it out to win the juicy government contract. Competition is supposed to bring the best out of people, but run in the wrong way it can cause people (and the things they make) to fall apart in the most horrifying ways.
This comment reminded me of another story from a previous aerospace era (blimp cruise liners aka airships), the summary of which is:
> A British Lord wanted to build the best airship in the world – and so he had two rival design teams battle it out to win the juicy government contract. Competition is supposed to bring the best out of people, but run in the wrong way it can cause people (and the things they make) to fall apart in the most horrifying ways.
https://timharford.com/2019/11/cautionary-tales-ep-4-the-dea...