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Re:NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag–and it’s co... by rvense on Saturday June 24, 2023 @10:48AM (#36459124)
You might be right that NASA and other government agencies have inefficient cultures, but so does IBM. I think it's hugely problematic to privatize space research. As far as I know, every photo NASA has ever taken is in the public domain. Who would own what SpaceX learn on Mars?
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Re:NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag–and it’s co... by dotnet00 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @10:58AM (#36459228)
That's not such a big issue, if NASA pays them, they can have stipulations about ownership of the resulting data. If NASA doesn't pay them and they do it on their own dime, then they get to do whatever they want with the data.
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