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BrainInAJar
on Dec 2, 2014
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NASA: We're sending humans to Mars
I doubt it, the private sector only innovates if there's enough & immediate enough profit on the line. Even the libertarian darling SpaceX is just piggybacking off the research and hard work of the public sector (ie, NASA's work in the 50's -> 80's)
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