Joseph G. Gavin, Jr. on Innovative Projects
Joseph G. Gavin, Jr., said this about the design of the lunar module that landed NASA astronauts on the moon.
If a major project is truly innovative, you cannot possibly know its exact cost and its exact schedule at the beginning.
And if in fact you do know the exact cost and the exact schedule, chances are that the technology is obsolete.
[via Signal to Noise]