It's the mantra of our times.I seem to recall a comment from you when I suggested that American biker patriotism saved Harley Davidson.
Almost certainly I did...my disdain for HD runs deep.
While I find it odd that it would take us 10 years to produce a craft suitable for the task 4 decades after we did it with less computing power than found in a mid nineties automobile, I wholehearted believe that the private sector would never have achieved this, for the profit reason you pointed to.
The moon landing is a sterling example of the kind of project that only a government can pull off, mainly because of the lack of an immediately apparent profit path.
There certainly was a wealth of money to be made off the various technologies that the space effort produced however.
Can't disagree much with that.
"Easy, cheap & profitable" defines the new American entrepreneur.
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