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Old 03-04-2024, 09:54 AM
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Default NASA procurment
NASA has a completely different set of procurement regs, and is not forced to go with low bid. I was in procurement for the DOJ and found NASA's regs very interesting.







QUOTE=mtdjed;2305481]And we have a broken Lander after 59 years of progress. How would you like to see that if you were on the Mars lander? Once was in attendance to a session with an astronaut. I recall his comment regarding confidence in mission success. He made a comment relating to hard to be 100% when all of the parts were made by the lowest bidder.[/QUOTE]