Those evil corporations, though, are basically non-profits whose sole purpose is to manage the facilities. For example: http://www.aura-astronomy.org/about.asp

Those evil corporations, though, are basically non-profits whose sole purpose is to manage the facilities. For example: http://www.aura-astronomy.org/about.asp http://www.aura-astronomy.org/about.asp "AURA is a consortium of universities, and educational and other non-profit institutions, that operates world-class astronomical observatories." and http://www.keckobservatory.org/ http://www.keckobservatory.org/: "The Keck Observatory is managed by the California Association for Research in Astronomy, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose board of directors includes representatives from Caltech and the University of California."