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Seconded. It is a common cognitive failure of us the engineering-minded to underestimate how important politics and other human factors are.

3lit3H4ck3r on Feb 8, 2012 [–]

I know this is a movie. But I think we all get the point.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/

Gordon Cooper: You boys know what makes this bird go up? FUNDING makes this bird go up.

Gus Grissom: He's right. No bucks, no Buck Rogers.

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