Re:Startup NASA
by codingdave on Thursday October 08, 2015 @11:11AM
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I don't know the full spread of salaries at NASA, but from the people I do know who work for the government, they don't do it to get rich. I tend to think that people at NASA are there because they believe in its mission, and will be fairly likely to hold to that mission.
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Yes, but what about the people in charge of those people? Once they see that some research is more profitable than others, what's stopping them from going to NASA people and demanding more profitable research? At what point does NASA lose its focus in its mission?
I'm all in favor of Startup NASA. I'm merely asking for things to be done in a way that doesn't mess with what's being done right already.