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Re:Nelson testifies cost-plus contracts have been a “plague”... by cryptonector on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @09:01PM (#31268065)
> I disagree. Cost-Plus might not be the right model, but fixed price only works if all the risks are known and so easy to account for.

Cost-plus has been so much more expensive than fixed-cost that NASA could take lots of risks on fixed-cost and still come out ahead.

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