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I thought that all NASA technology was open to the public... Isn't that how SpaceX started?

• deleted 11y ago
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• ncza 11y ago
  NSA, not NASA.
  • asdrty 11y ago
    FYI: I was replying to this part of the comment: "Nasa does this to some degree..."
• ironmagma 11y ago
  It's not... you're probably thinking of the fact that anything NASA releases is not copyrightable. This doesn't imply, however, that they must release everything.
• Kalium 11y ago
  One of the quirks of tech transfer offices is that they have emerged from government agencies and universities because it turns out that making technology and patents freely available doesn't do much for commercial adoption.
• totalforge 11y ago
  Anything sufficiently sensitive or representing a US advantage over other nations is ITAR controlled.