without rocketry we wouldn’t have cell phones and GPS devices, for example
But what would we now have if all the scientists who have worked at NASA had instead been employed by private companies?
Assumption of fungibility of talent detected.
Fungibility of money is well-tested, however.
Assumption of fungibility of high IQ.
What private companies? There simply wasn’t any profit to be had in spaceflight until fairly recently. We needed publicly-funded spaceflight to get us to where we are today.
But what would we now have if all the scientists who have worked at NASA had instead been employed by private companies?
Assumption of fungibility of talent detected.
Fungibility of money is well-tested, however.
Assumption of fungibility of high IQ.
What private companies? There simply wasn’t any profit to be had in spaceflight until fairly recently. We needed publicly-funded spaceflight to get us to where we are today.