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404_Gordon_Not_Found t1_iwny797 wrote

Reply to comment by Triabolical_ in Artemis II Status? by Equivalent_Ad_8413

"save money" do we know the opportunity cost of waiting for used hardware and paying idle fee vs whole new orion and launch the rocket?

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Triabolical_ t1_iws3kpw wrote

Like most large organizations, that's not something NASA tracks.

You can be sure that somebody in management hit their budget through that maneuver.

I used to work for a software company with developers that cost $200K a year (salary + benefits + stock + etc.) and were willing to do extra work if they only got $2500 laptops, but the company wouldn't do it. Somebody probably got promoted for that one.

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