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Saying they didn't take it into consideration sounds overly harsh, especially without a source for it. Reminds me of that old tale of how "NASA made a space pen, the Russians used a pencil," which neglected to mention how problematic pencil graphite was in space.
I think it's fair to give NASA the benefit of the doubt.