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Comment Re:"Civilian" Spacecraft? (Score 1) 178

I concur that the design was compromised by military requirements, and that they flew some military/secret missions.

This doesn't change the fact that the orbiters were owned & operated by NASA.

By your argument, you might as well claim that due to the involvement of von Braun and others, the Saturn 5 was a Nazi rocket ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law )

Comment Actually... (Score 2) 178

...Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and General Dynamics are commercial enterprises, which happen to have lots of contracts with both military and civilian agencies of the USA and other governments.

Last time I looked, NASA was one of those civilian USA government agencies...

Put it this way - when was the last time you could buy shares in NASA (paying taxes doesn't count)?

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Submission + - Study: Fair use drives large part of US economy (computerworld.com.au)

angry tapir writes: "Industries that rely on fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright law have weathered the recent slow economy better than other businesses, according to a new study released by a tech trade group. The fair use industries, including consumer device makers, software developers, search engines and news organizations, had US$4.5 trillion in revenue in 2009, up from $3.4 trillion in 2002, according to the study, commissioned by the Computer and Communications Industry (CCIA) Association. Fair use businesses make up about 17 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, according to the study. The study shows the importance of fair use exceptions in copyright law, said Ed Black, CCIA's president and CEO."

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