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There's some pretty incredible narrow mindedness in this thread.
Hey... private industry doesn't do a lot of pure science research. Not without a profit somewhere on the horizon.
But one thing about pure science research... from time to time there are unexpected benefits to be reaped here on Earth from it. Knowledge is power.
Correct. There have been a lot of things that have culminated or were enhanced from the space race that would not have happened if not for funding from the government. Computers come to mind for one thing…
There are things that can never be funded privately as there just isn't the funding that is available from the public option.