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by spiritplumber 4574 days ago
The FAA doesn't fly airplanes, either. NASA's role will change once commercial manned space access is part of the environment.
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NASA's role isn't flying billionaires around planets for profit. That can happen through private companies just like its happening with planes now. Knowledge and exploration is NASA's game. No private company cares for those, so funding will come by the state. Its more effective then to fund NASA, than some private company that stands to make profit by doing it.