Why didn’t anyone working in that company raise any alarms? Were those who knew silenced?

"We should have done many things differently starting a decade ago" isn't a particularly actionable warning an individual employee can give.

Author's point seems to be that the process and promises are optimized to trapping taxpayer funds, rather than succeeding on budget or failing cleanly.

I'm not sure the question makes sense. It's like raising an alarm if you discover that your colleagues are "moving fast and breaking things".

While taking in billions of NASA dollars. It's not like there isn't precedent.

There is ample precedent for NASA stubbornly holding on to sunken costs, too. Yes probably it's forced on them but still.

>That is why Starship keeps failing and will continue to fail.

What a complete moron.