[Reily]

And they promote a work culture where the work goal is a “process” not outcome. This is now true for all technical work in government.

Example:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/nasas-new-mission-and-the-cult-of-management-155873900/#:~:text=Working%20for%20NASA%20means%20being%20involved%20in%20the,evident%20as%20one%20ascends%20the%20chain%20of%20command.

[OftheOhio]

bureaucracy is always the death of any project, not counting politicians. I remember when president Reagan lit a fire in our minds and hearts of seeing an American streaking across the sky like a meteor. The X-30 program (funded by Nasa) made some incredible achievements in a short period of time before it was later gutted. What have we done with hypersonics 35 years later. There are some smaller company efforts now that appear promising.