What comes to my mind is that a local optimum is being described—minimum software errors given the shuttle program, the large budget, the nature of the industry, etc (which are mentioned) -- without consideration of the preferable (to many people) maximum of ubiquitous cheap spaceflight. Developments that have occurred since 1996 seem to highlight this.
What comes to my mind is that a local optimum is being described—minimum software errors given the shuttle program, the large budget, the nature of the industry, etc (which are mentioned) -- without consideration of the preferable (to many people) maximum of ubiquitous cheap spaceflight. Developments that have occurred since 1996 seem to highlight this.