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Old 05-04-2017, 05:30 AM
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Default New space history finds billionaire patrons are nothing new over the long run

Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine's newsletter hit email a bit ago.
First a bit of trivia, last year Aviation Week magazine turned 100.

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Private Funds Are An Old Tradition in U.S. Space Exploration
New space history finds billionaire patrons are nothing new over the long run
Frank Morring, Jr. | Aviation Week & Space Technology
Apr 26, 2017

Some NASA careerists worry that the U.S.’s space program is too important to be left to individuals who could change their minds or get hit by a bus. Alexander MacDonald, an Oxford University economist who advises the space agency from a perch at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has written a new book that puts the billionaires in a different perspective.

http://aviationweek.com/space/priva...ace-exploration
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