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> ...a waste of money Here's a clue[1] at no cost. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_tech
by metaphor 3y ago
> ...a waste of money
Here's a clue[1] at no cost.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies
- barelyauser 3y agoLet the taxpayer risk their money while private enterprise keeps all the intellectual property.
- jshier 3y agoThis is a fun point that's one of the differences in the For All Mankind alternate universe. In that universe NASA is allowed to patent and license all technologies they develop in the course of their programs. This leads to a huge NASA budget that, by the 90s, is so large political powers want to raid it to pay for welfare. It also means no public internet (as far as we see) despite there being an extensive network of audio and video devices on the Earth and the Moon. Not sure it's realistic but it's an interesting alternative.