Does your father in law work for NASA Bob? Isn’t that the place that makes the most technically advanced and difficult pieces of machinery from suppliers offering the lowest quoted price?
Always seems to be an oxymoron to me, sort of like “military intelligence”, or “honest politician”.
I think if I was going into space sitting on top of a massive “controlled” bomb, I would be more comforted in the knowledge that none of the contractors who supplied the many parts under my bum, were the “lowest bidders”. I would rather they were simply the best, regardless of the cost.