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Re:NASA: We're sending humans to Mars by dghf on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:22AM (#8692882)
> Presumably, while in public hands though profitable, it has not been paying dividends.

But it has been returning money to its "shareholder", the government, which is kind of analogous.

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Re:NASA: We're sending humans to Mars by lotsofmangos on Thursday December 04, 2014 @04:10AM (#8698455)
I was being cynical. While profits are going to the government it is hard to line your own pockets through buying shares, or get appointed to the board after leaving office.
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