Exceedingly interesting and impressive amounts of dedication.
There is also a lesson in there about endless chasing of technical details instead of going straight to the source of all mysteries: power and the people that hold it.
Many software challenges can be looked at through the same lens. Why is this project even a thing and why, o, why is it $25M over budget and getting nowhere? (Hint: nothing technical)
That was one of my takeaways as well. Nothing beats primary sources and aligned incentives.
Also just as a practical matter: Professionals are required to track the money and engineering, so there's bound to be a paper trail. No one has a good reason to write down the "why" unless it's a cool story to retell. Even then, the details behind the story wouldn't be included.
There is also a lesson in there about endless chasing of technical details instead of going straight to the source of all mysteries: power and the people that hold it.
Many software challenges can be looked at through the same lens. Why is this project even a thing and why, o, why is it $25M over budget and getting nowhere? (Hint: nothing technical)