In WWII, the low-tech V-1 flying bomb was very cost-effective. The much more technically impressive V-2 was not cost effective. But it did get Werner von Braun a job with NASA.
And got von Braun immunity re his war crimes.
> The much more technically impressive V-2 was not cost effective. <
Good point. The Germans valued quality over quantity. The Soviets did just the opposite. And we all know who won that little spat.
“In WWII, the low-tech V-1 flying bomb was very cost-effective. The much more technically impressive V-2 was not cost effective.”
And no matter how cost effective either of them was, neither was actually effective in achieving the goals that Hitler and the Germany military wanted and needed to achieve with them.