It's A Very Sobering Feeling To Be Up In Space And Realize That One's Safety Factor Was Determined By The Lowest Bidder On A Government Contract.

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It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's
safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government
contract.
-- Alan Shepherd, one of the Apollo astronauts

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