WingNews logo WingNews
top | item 45655766

(no title)

loourr | 4 months ago

Can you name a rocket program that was delivered ahead of schedule? I'm not aware of one that exists.

discuss

order

2OEH8eoCRo0|4 months ago

The first moon landing? Kennedy wanted it done before the end of the decade and they landed in 1969. I guess you could argue that it was on schedule rather than ahead.

jhgb|4 months ago

Kennedy's speech is hardly "a schedule". There were definitely delays in the Apollo project, like the Apollo 4 launch that was delayed by (almost?) a year.

loourr|4 months ago

Their actual internal deadlines were significantly missed