[Nifster]

You mean Ball Aerospace who took the MONEY that NASA provided???? They sure didn’t pony up anything in the way of money for Kepler. The in fact took the government and were very happy to do so

[JRandomFreeper]

NASA is but one of Ball's customers. They also have commercial customers that they do work for.

I've happily taken money from both government customers and commercial customers. You make money where you can.

/johnny