On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:54:17 -0600, Dillon Pyron
<invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote:

>Yeah, but their pricing will be "lowest bidder". As one Mercury
>astronaut said (Sheppard?) "Here I was, sitting on 5000 pounds of high
>explosives, all built by the lowest bidder"

But it all worked, because qualified engineers designed it. With rare
exception - mostly when the engineers were ignored by the bureaucrats
for political reasons - they did incredible things in those programs
(not that I really support spending billions and billions just so we
can say we walked on the moon). The government, in conjunction with
talent, can produce quality work.

>Did you know that in the US, anyone with an MD can practice GP
>medicine?

And why is that important? All MD's have the same basic training and
requirements to get to where they can practice. They reach GP
qualification at that level. Specialists, otoh, need additional
training. If you said that any MD could practice brain surgery, I'd be
more concerned. Then again, it would account for some of the posters
around here...