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For each time scientists come up with a thoroughly researched and fully comprehended solution, engineers show them yet another <em>lumineu,<\/em> yet one more possibility. I cautioned my team against becoming scientists. Science is a passion \u2013 a never-ending voyage into promises and possibilities. We had only limited time and limited funds. Our making the SLV depended upon our awareness of our own limits. I preferred existing workable solutions which would be the best options. Nothing that is new comes into time bound projects without its own problems. In my opinion, a project leader should always work with proven technologies in most of the systems as far as possible and experiment only from multiple resources.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Excerpted from pages 79-80 of \u2018Wings of Fire\u2019 by APJ Abdul Kalam<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Number of words: 183 Gradually, I became aware of the difference between science and technology, between research and development. Science is inherently open ended and exploratory. Development is a closed loop. Mistakes are imperative in development and are made every day to but each mistake is used for modification, upgradation or betterment. 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