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Originally Posted by Azure
Personally I think a lot of research in regards to space exploration, and what it takes to get up there cheap and fast should be done by the private side.
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I'm not an expert, but as far as I know, its somewhat of a partnership between government associations and private for a lot of this research. In laymans terms, the government is the backing and private comes in.
And this isn't just private as in companies, but private universities like Stanford as well. i.e. its not uncommon to see universities involved in NASA research. Even while I was at UofA, a prof or two was involved in research for NASA. Of coarse, local universities closet to a NASA base (for instance) get a lot of work.