Both projects successfully got politicians to spend lots of money to employ people of a given field while the money would have likely be better spent if you would have spread out the money inside a team better.
The Space Launch System that NASA currently funds would be another example of large scale government funded projects that are highly suboptimal. In contrast you have Elon Musk who managed to create a lot more effective organisation with SpaceX.
Both projects successfully got politicians to spend lots of money to employ people of a given field while the money would have likely be better spent if you would have spread out the money inside a team better.
The Space Launch System that NASA currently funds would be another example of large scale government funded projects that are highly suboptimal. In contrast you have Elon Musk who managed to create a lot more effective organisation with SpaceX.