[max americana]

In that show did you notice the spending attitude of these govt contractors? It was the ‘death spiral’ segment where the companies had a budget in mind and they overspent for the prototype.

BOEING: “Ok, we have a better plane than N Grumman”
GOVT OFFICE: “So it was within $50 million?”
BOEING “Wait what, there’s a budget? I thought the prize was unlimited taxpayer money? You mean we can’t bill you 100 million per plane once we win?”

[DungeonMaster]

In that show did you notice the spending attitude of these govt contractors? It was the ‘death spiral’ segment where the companies had a budget in mind and they overspent for the prototype.

It's been quite a while but I do remember some very large numbers and no one was under budget.