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		kiba on March 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epistemic standards for “Why did it take so long t... Skunkworks usually have a customer, which may be the government or the company in question to fulfill their strategic needs. SR-71 Blackbird and F-117 Stealth bomber come to mind.

hammock on March 2, 2020 [–]

Of course they have a customer in the sense that someone is funding them and owns the product, however I would propose that there is not necessarily an immediate "need" or requirements given, and there is a high tolerance for undirected or self-directed research.

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