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Run a profit? What does that mean? What profitable business is currently available for an aeronautics and space agency that was never about making "profit".


NASA should launch internet sattellite like starlink so they can profit off something but its too late

I think the thinking that government body is not for profit is misleading since you want a bit of independence in terms on financial budget

see what happen when government change stance, NASA hiring and firing depends on political mood at the point

having an profitable business wouldn't make NASA cut the job if government decide to cut the budget


The US government isn’t a business. In fact the current attack on it by Magats is because businesses want part of their pie to turn into a business, not because it will help or empower the people or because the programs cost too much. They are doing it because they want to charge you more. They want to charge you for your comfortable American excess that you already paid for with tax dollars. They want to double dip, have the government subsidize the business with your tax dollars then charge you again to get the value out of it.

There is no sense in trying to treat the government like a business.


Yeah and that's why US gov is controlled by business and corporat

china literally doing an opposite, they force buy company shares that turns that into "half" state company

I know china is bad and I agree with you but controlling business and billionaire is one they good at

if I get to choose where my money goes, I rather let the money goes to government budget than billionaire pocket

keeping taxes low because government not heavily dependant on TAX while keeping goverment body effecient and profitable




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