Old saying, "Fastest way to build a six inch reflector telescope is to build a four inch telescope first."
That is, learn in the simplest possible context.
Like companies that won't build an MVP or even a non-sellable proof of concept. Finding out a key software library doesn't work three weeks before launch day, for example.
So "this engineering mistake" indeed has to be made ad nauseum, it would seem. As Einstein said, only space and human stupidity are infinite.
Taken from:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/future-...
There might not be a prototype, because the delivered item is the prototype.
Sure, it should be tested before being shipped, but it doesn't help when it ultimately doesn't perform as expected and there is no alternative at hands.
No, it won't.
From my conversation with navy folks, unless a scandal sinks an admiral, the organization does not take it seriously, and will not make any institutional changes.
But if the only scapegoats are lower down in the chain then the result will be devastating to morale.
The SecNavy has to fire one or more admirals here, and soon.
"Let's save time and money by not building a prototype and do our testing of the system on the actual ship itself!"
Whenever someone thinks: let's cut corners on "x" to save money and time, it has always come around to bite me. And now they are far behind schedule, and they ended up having to build a carrier replica at the drydock to do testing anyway.