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I thought that all NASA technology was open to the public... Isn't that how SpaceX started?
by asdrty 12y ago
I thought that all NASA technology was open to the public... Isn't that how SpaceX started?
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- ncza 12y agoNSA, not NASA.
- asdrty 12y agoFYI: I was replying to this part of the comment: "Nasa does this to some degree..."
- ironmagma 12y agoIt's not... you're probably thinking of the fact that anything NASA releases is not copyrightable. This doesn't imply, however, that they must release everything.
- Kalium 12y agoOne of the quirks of tech transfer offices is that they have emerged from government agencies and universities because it turns out that making technology and patents freely available doesn't do much for commercial adoption.
- totalforge 12y agoAnything sufficiently sensitive or representing a US advantage over other nations is ITAR controlled.