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Re:The B-52 was designed in a hotel room over one weekend by aerostable_slug on Thursday September 15, 2022 @01:59PM (#32855953)
> Shuttle flights proved that the Shuttle-like configuration works successfully and there is less risk when choosing a configuration

Classic Soviet risk-averse behavior. See also: copying every single detail from the B-29 because they knew it worked and it would be their heads (perhaps literally) if the Tu-4 didn't. They did the same thing with Joe-1, their first atomic bomb test. Do what you know works so you can go home at the end of the day. Innovation is a luxury.

This is what happens when employees fear management. Lessons to be learned.

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Re:The B-52 was designed in a hotel room over one weekend by justsomehnguy on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:53AM (#32863359)
> This is what happens when employees fear management. Lessons to be learned.

You just listed the things what management decided to do, so risk aversion was on management side, not employees.

Just like the idea to copy S/360.

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