It had nothing to do with the bidding process, just the buying of senators.
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 1:19 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 2021-05-27 12:53, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > I am in total agreement with you, except on one point which I hold as > > very > > important. > > That point is, not all learning happens in school. Life does not give > > participation trophies for attendance, only for performance. > > > Ha. 3/4 of the US Senate wants to give a Bezos/Boeing space project a > $10 Billion participation trophy for failing to win a contract. > > The actual contract award that was given to the better bid, well, > Congress has agreed to pay $850 Million of the projected $2.9 Billion > total. > > Let that sink in: The company with the better rocket at half the price > gets less than a Billion, while Senators scramble to throw ten times as > much at the loser. > > > https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/bezos-blue-origin-may-get-second-shot-at-nasa-dollars-via-e2-80-98bailout-e2-80-99-amendment/ar-AAKnxOs > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
