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Old 02-17-2010, 12:18 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
NASA spun off a bunch of technologies in the 70's directly related to it's core mission, sure. Since then, it's developed a bunch of interesting techs...but it's mission is not tech research, it's space - and the costs of it's technologies have been massive compared to traditional research labs!
I've always been extremely grateful to NASA (and the people of the US who've supported it) for the sheer wealth of material they make freely available for the rest of the world.
I think it has been a wonderful gift to us all, and done a huge amount to educate, inform and frankly amaze.
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