By: templerman

Why is it that NASA builds a new satellite package from scratch for every mission? It seems wasteful and repetitive. The cost of unmanned space missions has always caused me to suspect NASA has drifted away from its founding principles. One might begin to suspect that NASA is attempting to pad the bill to keep all its workers busy. Essentially, NASA tries to reinventing the wheel each time they launch a new mission. NASA should have a basic set of chassis that can be augmented with off the shelf instruments and technology.