I was referring to McNamara’s government work, forgot about his corporate job before then. I agree there’s some SpaceX to (even pre-McDonnell Douglas merger?) Boeing axis that feels useful, but I’m not sure what to call it or what you’d do to a field (like US defence) to perpetuate the SpaceX end of it, especially over events like handovers from Kelly Johnson to the next generation.
McNamara was at Ford, not Toyota. I reckon he modelled manufacturing like an efficient Boeing manager not an efficient SpaceX manager
I was referring to McNamara’s government work, forgot about his corporate job before then. I agree there’s some SpaceX to (even pre-McDonnell Douglas merger?) Boeing axis that feels useful, but I’m not sure what to call it or what you’d do to a field (like US defence) to perpetuate the SpaceX end of it, especially over events like handovers from Kelly Johnson to the next generation.