Today's Lesson: Never trust your business (or life) to the lowest bidder
When I was in the military, it always struck me as odd that our equipment was (largely) manufactured by the person who bid lowest on the contract.
Alan Shepard, the first American in space, obviously shared my concern. In fact, he is quoted as saying,
"It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by t…