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		dghf on Dec 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA: We're sending humans to Mars > Presumably, while in public hands though profitable, it has not been paying dividends. But it has been returning money to its "shareholder", the government, which is kind of analogous.

lotsofmangos on Dec 4, 2014 [–]

I was being cynical. While profits are going to the government it is hard to line your own pockets through buying shares, or get appointed to the board after leaving office.

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