We're Back! American Astronauts Launched In An American Rocket From American Soil

Stupid question, but if the contractor patents a products developed under contract with NASA, wouldn't NASA still own the patent?

Not necessarily. It would be a matter of the details of the contract. Sometimes yes, sometimes most definitely no. SpaceX owns all the stuff they have developed. Some of it would be pretty complicated if classified missions are involved as well. Definitely a case by case basis.


The government has no money of it's own; it is all stolen from the taxpayers, and leveraged into chit they say we need.If every taxpayer stopped paying taxes, thechit would hit the fan all rightee. We are being force fed crap every day of our lives.
There is absolutely nothing in "space" we cannot do without.
Man needs four things for his body ; Food, water, shelter and because we are born without fur, and never grow fur, we need a body covering to protect us from the elements. That is all we need for our bodies.
And we need eachother, for emotional and intellectual comfort.
And we need belief in an absolute right and wrong, to feed our spirits, and govern our conduct.

None of those come from "space". Going there is a complete and utter waste. Mankind tried that once before, and got a kick in the teeth for it. History is about to repeat itself.
Earth is our dominion, and the first heaven where the birds fly.
The third heaven is the Dominion of AlmightyGod.
That place between those two, that men call "space", is the dominion of satan and his minions.Anything that comes into their dominion is there's for the taking; and Every time we go there, they are free to piggyback back to the surface of our Earth. It's like sending out an invitation......
now; I know you unbelievers cannot possibly understand that, and consider in mindless drivel, and until you physically see a demon, take no stock in such imaginations.
We Believers,on the otherhand are not limited to having such a limited thinking.
I do not need to see the evil spirit, to know when it comes around. I am 100% sure that there are other Believers just like me. I need not touch the wind, to know it's there.I cannot touch the blackness of the night, to know it's nighttime.

He says to a bunch of people that he would personally have no way of knowing or talking to without the technology developed either for or directly from our travels in space. You seem pretty comfortable using the spoils of our advances in technology for being so hard line.

Even by your own ridiculously flawed logic, God created everything. So, if there was no point in going there, no reason or benefit, then God would have no reason to have created it at all. Since by your own rules you can not know God's plan, it seems shockingly small minded and self righteous of you to be so confident in your own opinion.