According to NASA spokesman Ken Davidian, the space agency spends huge sums in the trial and error phase of testing an idea.

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The result of the focus on testing cancer drugs on all patients is painful trial and error.

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They pack up, promise to tighten their idea, do some testing with real businesses and go through some more trial and error.

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