NASA, do we really need it?

[Mr.Nothing]

Originally Posted by GuidoHunter

Uh...



No, it's not for making money, but it is an organization that produces something. As such, to try to get it to be less wasteful and more productive, it needs to have competition for the grants and donations it receives. And it DOES have a monopoly over something: space research.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

Ahem, Guido, NASA has no monopoly over space research. The definition of a monopoly is a business that has complete control over one industry, world-wide. You can't even begin to try and say that NASA spreads all the way to China, Russia, and Japan. All of which have major space research companies.