Actually, yes. The whole space shuttle design that was implemented was a kludge forced on NASA by budget cuts.
The original shuttle concept had both stages recoverable and reusable. No disposable "solid rocket boosters" in that original design at all. All well-behaved, well-known liquid fuel rocket engines.
The Challenger astronauts went to their deaths PRECISELY because of budget cuts.
And actually NO.
No one was talking about the ‘Flyback Booster’ concept.
Otherwise we could talk about the design change that led to the tiles. Or we could talk about the ET insulation change that brought Columbia down.
But we’re talking about accident as it happened.
And that was Sheer Bad Luck.
And I was there.