What inherent tension did implementing "Faster, Better, Cheaper" create?

Balancing high-speed, cost-conscious methods against the necessity of mission success where engineering margins are thin

The core philosophical tension arising from the Faster, Better, Cheaper approach involved the inherent conflict between management efficiency goals and the uncompromising physical realities of space exploration. While the goal was to accelerate timelines and reduce costs, the nature of space travel means that engineering margins for error are critically thin. Successfully executing a revolution that prioritized speed and cost-consciousness required an extraordinary level of internal discipline to ensure that efficiency gains did not compromise the absolute necessity of achieving mission success, recognizing that failures are always a possibility in exploration.