I forget which of the private space companies it was, but one of them made a statement to the effect that what they are doing would simply have not been possible without cooperation and help from NASA. These FOX idiots have no clue about the economic value of the decades of research and experience - paid for by taxpayers - that private space companies rely on to make private profits.
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yes sir. Ill cite one example. The instrumentation range (IE, Radar and telemetry and weather components) is already in place and tend to be very effective depending on the mission at hand. Space X will USE these assets as NASA's and USAF's allowance. Space X could never afford to build this sort of infrastructure on their own.
I could go on more however, I you get the point.
NASA is a public ordeal, the fact some on the GOP dont see or understand the importance of NASA's mission overall shows just how far we have fallen in this nation.