Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
I'm not exactly sure why NASA chose not to go back to the proven technology of the Saturn V rockets after the retirement of the Space Shuttle -- I suspect there's a complex mix of technical, budgetary, and stupid-politics reasons.
Because in this case noone would be able to steal money from a billion dollars project
Every megamillion dollar project usually comes spiced up with a huge dash of bureaucracy and it's an easy to hide place for some not so legit actions. Cuts&Kickbacks or распилы и откаты is a common practice