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Politics and regulations and changing goals are still going to affect funding decisions, whether that funding goes to private or public organizations. Instead of deciding cut NASA's project XYZ funding this year, it would be a decision to cut WhateverCorp's project XYZ funding this year. Then there'd be a hugely expensive, bureaucratic, and likely corrupt bidding process. Think about the healthcare.gov debacle, with all the federal contractors involved.