[Jcowell]

Hell no. Space exploration and expansion should absolutely NOT be in the hands of corporations but an government funded entity that contracts out work as we have now. If every government program should be profitable.

[systemvoltage]

I'd vote for NASA + private enterprise combo similar to DARPA programs. Leadership in the gov, execution in the private industry.

[wumpus]

NASA is already NASA + private enterprise. What's failing is the cost-plus parts of the human spaceflight program.

[markdown]

You mean transferring taxpayer-funded research and patents to corporations?

[voidfunc]

Space exploration and expansion shouldn’t be in the hands of the government in the first place. Let the private sector figure out how to do it, pay for it, and profit on it.