Quote:GPS was a DoD creation, as was the internet. The DoD has outside competition in the form of other countries, particularly the Soviet Union. Note that DoD hasn't come up with any major breakthroughs since the collapse of the USSR.


 

 

NASA has stagnated. Satellite communications have been around for nearly 50 years. NASA is now a firmly entrenched bureaucracy that has done nothing new since the days of the Space Shuttle. The planetary probes are nice, but the only improvements since Voyager are from technological developments in cameras and computers which were private enterprise developments.


 

 

Last I checked, the DoD is still part of the federal government that we all support with our tax dollars.  And with just the two technological advances I listed, it has earned it's keep.

 

I don't know why you have such a problem with NASA, but till recently they did a fine job of installing those satellites needed by the DoD and communication companies.  Subsequent private companies have done a remarkably poor job of delivering those satellites.

 

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You get what you pay for

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