The quarter thing may have been true for the space shuttle, that doesn't make it true in general.

It almost never is.

I remember thinking they were the best data journalists out there, and they had some nice visualizations but did their other predictions actually hold up?

It's sad that this is believed when it's most often the opposite. Especially in this case we have a literal historical example. You'll never guess what Henry Kaiser built before creating Kaiser, the largest set of hospitals in CA.

The article then proceeds to explain how they did all kinds of non-standard tests and still found nothing above the federal drinking water standard nor in violation of the permit. Yes Tesla is still evil and responsible because supposedly some nearby town is having a drought and people are "running out of water."

Shit like this and we wonder why the US is dependent on China for all rare earths.

Assigning zero long term value however to another entire planet worth of resources just seems like a failure of imagination.

You can't get to the 777 without the Wright Flyer.

A move that surprisingly didn't get much press.

To get around this, some sites use less obvious or vague names, but that creates its own category of chargebacks.

In the US engineers don't get that ring and they implement product tours.