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>”...largely funded at the request of Harry Reid...” >”Most of the money went to an aerospace research company run by a billionaire entrepreneur and longtime f
by tomalpha 9y ago
>”...largely funded at the request of Harry Reid...”
>”Most of the money went to an aerospace research company run by a billionaire entrepreneur and longtime friend of Mr. Reid’s”
I don’t know who these people are beyond the fact that one of them was apparently a US senator, but this comes across as capable of being perceived as a conflict of interest (whether true or not). And not necessarily a monetary conflict if the recipient was indeed a billionaire.
- skndr 9y agoIt's the same Bigelow creating inflatable space habitats: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/17/16488646/bigelow-aerospace-united-launch-alliance-b330-habitat-lunar-depot https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/17/16488646/bigelow-aerospa...
- akhilcacharya 9y agoYeah, seems like the potential for expertise is there.
- hutzlibu 9y ago"And not necessarily a monetary conflict if the recipient was indeed a billionaire." I have never heard of a billionaire who said, he has enough money ...