> It's interesting to see how NASA has been slowly being privatized via these contracts.
It was always my understanding that NASA is a public research institution whose role is to also provide incentives to jump-start areas of the space-based or space-oriented economy. Therefore, one of its main missions is to provide incentives for private companies to conduct research in that domain, such as allowing research programs to be awarded to private companies or consortia including private companies.
It was always my understanding that NASA is a public research institution whose role is to also provide incentives to jump-start areas of the space-based or space-oriented economy. Therefore, one of its main missions is to provide incentives for private companies to conduct research in that domain, such as allowing research programs to be awarded to private companies or consortia including private companies.
ESA works exactly the same way, for instance.