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As NASA increasingly relies on commercial space, there are some troubling signs (arstechnica.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/spaceflight

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And overruns and a systemic inability to plan should be much more significant factors when reviewing past performance.

[–] Oni_eyes 1 points 10 hours ago

I might weigh those as much or more than actual experience doing the job. New company vs old company with shit record? I feel like we should lean towards the new one but that's weak to spinoff/new subsidiary companies from older ones with a trash rep.