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		dblohm7 on July 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fast Apollo 8 is not a very good example; it's not like the hardware pipeline wasn't well on its way to be ready to go by the time the decision was made. Don't get me wrong, Apollo 8 was an extremely risky and critical part of the program, but it's not like somebody conjured everything up from thin air in 134 days.

Archelaos on July 5, 2023 | [–]

I think you have a point here. Our standard approach of looking at the duration of a project too often neglects the effort of preparation.

jonny_eh on July 5, 2023 | [–]

None of these projects were created from dust.

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