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They have, in the form of government programs. Moon exploration or the internet didn't need super-companies or ultra rich people.
by praptak 6y ago
They have, in the form of government programs. Moon exploration or the internet didn't need super-companies or ultra rich people.
- function_seven 6y agoAnd private programs can still succeed without extracting every last bit of margin for the owners. Governments can create and fund programs to do these large-scale projects. They can also leave it to private industry to do so as well, but with strong protections for workers, the unions they may want to form, and the living conditions of all participants (employee, supplier, miner, etc.), domestic and foreign.
- callamdelaney 6y agoDidn't NASA pay private companies billions to build and provide a significant proportion of the hardware, software and science required for these missions?