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I couldn't agree more. This also sets of a vicious cycle: because the object is incredibly complex and important, people want more upfront analysis and risk mitigation...which drives up cost/schedule/complexity...which leads to even more risk aversion....

It certainly doesn't help that there are dozens out there (usually those who have never done anything similar in their lives) just waiting to bounce on any stumble and blow it out of all proportion. Often too, they bring their armies of lawyers to the party...leeches all waiting to suck the money out of anyone/anything!

I wish there was more of the attitude shown at one of the Mars Direct Meetings, whereby one attendee was heard to yell out "It's a frontier...people are supposed to die!" People also need to accept that risk is directly proportional to reward: You want a bigger prize you've got to be willing to accept more risk...and conversely, if you want zero risk, you get zero reward!

<blockquote data-quote="GTX" data-source="post: 190455" data-attributes="member: 94">I couldn't agree more.&nbsp; This also sets of a vicious cycle:&nbsp; because the object is incredibly complex and important, people want more upfront analysis and risk mitigation...which drives up cost/schedule/complexity...which leads to even more risk aversion....It certainly doesn't help that there are dozens out there (usually those who have never done anything similar in their lives) just waiting to bounce on any stumble and blow it out of all proportion.&nbsp; Often too, they bring their armies of lawyers to the party...leeches all waiting to suck the money out of anyone/anything!&nbsp; I wish there was more of the attitude shown at one of the Mars Direct Meetings, whereby one attendee was heard to yell out &quot;It's a frontier...people are supposed to die!&quot; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; People also need to accept that risk is directly proportional to reward:&nbsp; You want a bigger prize you've got to be willing to accept more risk...and conversely, if you want zero risk, you get zero reward!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GTX, post: 190455, member: 94"] I couldn't agree more. This also sets of a vicious cycle: because the object is incredibly complex and important, people want more upfront analysis and risk mitigation...which drives up cost/schedule/complexity...which leads to even more risk aversion.... It certainly doesn't help that there are dozens out there (usually those who have never done anything similar in their lives) just waiting to bounce on any stumble and blow it out of all proportion. Often too, they bring their armies of lawyers to the party...leeches all waiting to suck the money out of anyone/anything! I wish there was more of the attitude shown at one of the Mars Direct Meetings, whereby one attendee was heard to yell out "It's a frontier...people are supposed to die!" ;) People also need to accept that risk is directly proportional to reward: You want a bigger prize you've got to be willing to accept more risk...and conversely, if you want zero risk, you get zero reward! [/QUOTE]

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