Originally Posted by
jungle
OK, now tell us where the funding comes from, while you are at it you can tell us why only a few countries can afford any space program. Can you tell us which companies actually built the vehicles used in our space program, here is a clue-they were neither built nor conceived in government workshops.
Are you being cryptic and obtuse because you can't answer the question:
Which private industry is helping to fund Mars exploration?
My understanding it that the companies building the equipment are being
contracted by the government. They aren't using their own money. NASA
is government jobs program.