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Comment author: James_Miller 04 March 2011 08:31:19PM *  0 points [-]

without rocketry we wouldn't have cell phones and GPS devices, for example

But what would we now have if all the scientists who have worked at NASA had instead been employed by private companies?

Comment author: Skatche 06 March 2011 07:28:29PM 0 points [-]

What private companies? There simply wasn't any profit to be had in spaceflight until fairly recently. We needed publicly-funded spaceflight to get us to where we are today.

Comment author: David_Gerard 04 March 2011 08:46:37PM 0 points [-]

But what would we now have if all the scientists who have worked at NASA had instead been employed by private companies?

Assumption of fungibility of talent detected.

Comment author: paulfchristiano 04 March 2011 08:57:15PM 3 points [-]

Fungibility of money is well-tested, however.

Comment author: James_Miller 04 March 2011 10:01:04PM 0 points [-]

Assumption of fungibility of high IQ.

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