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John McCabe wrote:
> That's an unreasonable assumption. The people who are 'in charge' know
> very little about rockets - they know about pounds/dollars/euros!

If you reflect for a moment, you will realize that this
is exactly the attitude that the "meatball programming"
community had toward Ada when it first came out. It's
always tempting to believe that the people who are telling
you what to do are acting out of ignorance. My three-year
old does that all the time.