"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...
Not political debate for me, being British, merely an observation.
Unfortunately, as research has no profit margin, it will always be
Government funded, thus you cannot separate politics from space exploration.


Private individuals and corporations also fund research. Some companies
have research and development (R&D) divisions... also when researchers
at universities (for instance) develop something with practical applications
that something is licensed to businesses for profit. This happens all
the time although I'm mostly familiar with the software end of stuff.

-McDaniel