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Re:Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars by ak2196 on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @01:42PM (#12645999)
I think this is as good an explanation today as it was in 1970. You are the nun in this story.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/08/why-explore-space.html

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Re:Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars by Alupis on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @01:47PM (#12646048)
Not exactly. This question was posed to NASA, not a private, investor-funded for-profit corporation.

NASA is a government scientific research entity, and has no obligation to turn a profit. SpaceX and ULA do.

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