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1 " It is a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. "
― Alan Shepard
2 " Under bilateral competition, market-price is determined within a range whose upper limit is set by the valuations of the lowest bidder among the actual buyers and the highest offerer among the excluded would-be sellers, and whose lower limit is set by the valuations of the lowest offerer among the actual sellers and the highest bidder among the excluded would-be buyers. "
― Ludwig von Mises , The Theory of Money and Credit
3 " It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. "