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peddamat | 2 years ago

Isn't that generally how customers work?

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Retric|2 years ago

Sure, but when you pay a contractor to build a house it’s your house not theirs. IMO, saying something is private makes sense when the system is reusable and therefore the government is effectively renting a device for a specific mission. Similarly, if it’s software like Excel sold to companies and governments it’s private.

As a one way trip paid for by NASA, this is simply a NASA mission.