• sprittytinkles@sh.itjust.works
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    Because a lot of “Released Engineering Documents” were just engineering notebooks, and each vehicle was different, even the parts that were supposed to be the same. There was a lot of “repair” versus “rework” disposition, and a “Just make it work; it only needs to work once” culture.

    Basically, because it was a race against the Russians, and the Russians were winning.

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      huh, impressive that we did a (relatively) slapdash job of it and still pulled it off. Thanks for clarifying.