or. but on the front end, these lieu senator exploration, they cost a fortune. here in the u.s., we have seen that all being outsourced to private companies. it seems more unusual to have countries funding this. what s the upside here besides sort of the spin-offs? why are countries still funding it themselves? first of all, space in the past decades used transformation. so it s more economical. that space is a national interest of four different reasons that i explained before. the national security or to