26 man-years is actually small potatoes.
Either 1 man takes 26 years,
26 men take 1 year,
312 men take one month.
Average cost per man month of $5k, it means it costs only $150k per month.
Very likely scenario to getting it done is that about 52 men taking 6 months. Instead of arguing about it, OTC should have just asked them to spend it. Can even offer his one month's salary to pay for it and thus hold the moral high ground.
Good point. Lambast the LKY