human overhead

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message

the comparison to the total cost of Apollo. It's a serious question,
in that NOTHING in the way of a major project that has been run by
NASA has come even remotely close to hitting the mark either for cost
OR for functionality.

I assume you are talking about the manned program? I'm not certain, but IIRC
some of the unmanned programs did quite well.

Why do we think this effort will be different? If we don't think it
will be different, we need to 'adjust for reality' on those estimates.

or,

b) make it a requirement that things WILL be different in order to get to
step

c)

Jon

Jon Berndt wrote:

I assume you are talking about the manned program? I'm not certain, but IIRC
some of the unmanned programs did quite well.



Why do we think this effort will be different? If we don't think it
will be different, we need to 'adjust for reality' on those estimates.



or,

b) make it a requirement that things WILL be different in order to get to
step

c)




I take it "a" and "c" are classified...

Pat

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message

Jon Berndt wrote:

I assume you are talking about the manned program? I'm not certain, but
IIRC
some of the unmanned programs did quite well.


Why do we think this effort will be different? If we don't think it
will be different, we need to 'adjust for reality' on those estimates.


or,

b) make it a requirement that things WILL be different in order to get to
step

c)


I take it "a" and "c" are classified...

Pat

Sorry, it was sort of shorthand.

Given:

FJM wrote: "... NOTHING in the way of a major project that has been run by
NASA has come even remotely close to hitting the mark either for cost
OR for functionality. Why do we think this effort will be different?"

[Jon writes: I don't neccesarily agree with the above statement.]

a) If we don't think it will be different, we need to 'adjust for reality'
on those estimates.

- or -

b) make it a requirement that things WILL be different in order to get to
step c)

c) The next step in the progression.

Jon