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Astroneurs: The Private Sector Goes to Space

Astroneurs: The Private Sector Goes to Space

Through the 1990s and into the new millennium, advocacy groups such as the National Space Society (full disclosure: I was in charge of policy and legislation at the NSS starting in 1989 and was executive vice president from 1991 to 1995) worked to advance the position of private-launch companies, encourage friendly government regulation, promote the growth of a strong private-sector presence in space, and fight the “dumping” (sales below cost that would hurt the development of American companies) of Chinese government-launch services.

The thinking was straightforward: A government-based space program would always be subject to political winds and whims. Not being self-supporting, it would always face competition from other programs that gave a more direct payoff to various political interest groups. In addition, even when funded, a government program would tend to dissipate its resources and efforts in bureaucratic payroll padding and empire building. A commercial enterprise, disciplined by shareholders and the bottom line, would have to focus more on producing results and, more crucially, on lowering costs and improving performance — something that NASA had not distinguished itself in achieving.

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Consumers’ Research Launches Ad Campaign Calling Out ‘Woke’ Companies

Consumers’ Research Launches Ad Campaign Calling Out ‘Woke’ Companies

Consumers’ Research, the nation’s oldest consumer protection agency, is launching an advertisement campaign targeting companies perpetuating “woke” culture.

The Consumers’ First ad program calls out progressive corporations that are catering to “woke” politics rather than prioritizing customers. The ads expose major companies’ hypocrisy, business failings, and unethical labor practices, such as Nike’s use of forced labor in the Uyghur region of China in its footwear manufacturing.

The ad about the athletic shoe company includes videography of minority Uyghur women working in factories as well as forceful quotations like, “Nike, stop exploiting foreign labor.”

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