[yieldcrv]

You’ll be promptly disillusioned if you do

Governments aren’t ahead of the private sector and arent doing parallel innovation with their massive budgets, just knowing industry trends gets you an understanding of what to expect

[dralley]

They're ahead in very specific ways, mostly where there's no commercial activity that would justify the expense of investing in that area. e.g. extremely high resolution imaging satellites.

[mensetmanusman]

They do pay for edge connections of technology that will never exist in the civilian space though.