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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by VectorLock on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:59PM (#26254918)
Exactly this. Hyper specialized boundary pushing things are easy compared to general purpose good for everything projects.
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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by ghaff on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @03:10PM (#26255092)
The basic concept isn't even a terrible one. It was a reaction to the many functionally-overlapping aircraft that the various service branches were having designed and built. But it seems clear at this point that the F-35 tried to be too general purpose.
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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by dbreunig on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @03:12PM (#26255120)
Our vaccine effort is a perfect example of this. We got heroic, efficient results in developing vaccines because the requirements were so clear.

Distribution is much, much harder!

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