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lapfog_1

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5. The planes had already been ordered...

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 03:31 PM

Dec 12

What we "recommended" was for them to be scrapped and replaced with a new design... more contracts for the defense industry!!!

DOD and Congress pushed back.

Just like the Space Shuttle, the V-22 should have been a small production run for engineering prototype. Once the issues were found ( Space Shuttle O-rings on solid rocket boosters - rot in hell Orin Hatch , unprotected heat tiles exposed to environmental issues like ice and bird strikes on launch ), after the prototype THEN you take the lessons learned and build the real deal.

Gemini was a technology demonstrator for Apollo.

You can never reduce risk to zero for any of these things, but by building the test vehicles, you can certainly reduce the risk of the final design. The V-22 was a case in point. But nobody wanted to spend the money.

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I was part of the NASA team that in the 1990s lapfog_1 Dec 12 #1

But think of all the straving defense contractors Miguelito Loveless Dec 12 #3

The planes had already been ordered... lapfog_1 Dec 12 #5

Oh, I agree with you Miguelito Loveless Dec 13 #13

V22 came in to service not long Deminpenn Dec 13 #12

I have heard nothing bbut bad things Miguelito Loveless Dec 12 #2

I remember a widow lobbying hard on this 25-30 years ago underpants Dec 12 #4

yup - unforgiving of errors lapfog_1 Dec 12 #7

Even with it's many problems... Gore1FL Dec 12 #6

There were some rumors MuseRider Dec 12 #8

I am so fortunate that I retired before this bird came into service, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 12 #9

Remember, this is now a NAVY leadership that allows illegal orders to be passed on. Wonder Why Dec 12 #10

people in the chain of command Old Crank Dec 13 #11