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ga_girl

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6. Funding NASA just provides a conduit to private/corporations

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 01:03 PM

Mar 2025

Project Mercury - McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Project Gemini - McDonnell Aircraft
Project Apollo - North American Aviation
Space Transportation System - North American Rockwell
International Space Station - too many to name
SpaceX - SpaceX'
Starliner - Boeing

Not to say that NASA is fully funded - it's always been on a franks and beans diet.

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