Originally Posted by
Dan Burkhart
That's how the military would describe it if they were looking for tenders. Then they would end up paying $35,000.00 for a $35.00 part.
My employer is one of the companies running up those tabs. True story, one of our suppliers told us SpaceX came to them and asked for the same kind of parts they sell us, except without all the testing and certification. Then SpaceX had a big embarrassing launch failure. Sometimes you trust but verify.