Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images For decades, NASA has increasingly leaned on corporate contractors to develop the spacecraft it uses to explore the solar system. Triumphs have included SpaceX’s Dragon vehicles, which can now reliably shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station and beyond. The widely parroted idea is that players in the free market will …
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