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A new paper studied whether NASA actually saves money by hiring corporations to build new spacecraft. The results? Not really | Industry was only cheaper for lower-risk projects. For high-profile, flagship science projects, NASA and industry came out roughly equal. In some cases, NASA was cheaper.


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