";s:4:"text";s:1760:"It’s not an us vs them thing. NASA and SpaceX, as well as all other private companies, will continue to work together. NASA just awarded six private companies a total of $44 million as part of the agency's "Tipping Point" program. Since then Falcon 9 has made moe than a dozen trips to space, delivering satellites to orbit as well as delivering and returning cargo from the space station for NASA. Had the Webb telescope been a project in a private company, funding would have stopped years ago. Who will study and fight the effects of deep cosmic radiation? NASA is partnering with eight U.S. companies to advance small spacecraft and launch vehicle technologies that are on the verge of maturation and are likely to … Space is only an US thing.
Who will keep an eye on gene mutations after long stays in space? But that is precisely why space is best left with NASA. During a panel of the Space Frontier Foundation’s NewSpace 2014 conference Saturday in San Jose, California, the spirit of partnership between the public and private sectors in space exploration was on full display. NASA’s decision to rely on private companies like SpaceX to resupply the International Space Station has possibly saved the space agency billions … They’ll continue to literally broaden our horizon. Who’s going to study the effects on the human anatomy in deep space? A benefit of the entry of the private sector into space exploration has been recognition of the high-tech companies that contribute to the growth of the economy as valuable targets for investment.