There was an interesting conference in New York last week (that I would have liked to attend if it had been in my budget). It’s still hard to raise money for it, because modern philanthropists don’t know the history, and can’t conceive of anyone but NASA doing such things, but I think that this is the future.
[Update a while later]
Sorry, added missing link.
Conference Name?
From the link: Dawn of Private Space Science 2017
can’t conceive of…
Pretty much covers it.
“Sorry, added missing link.”
“Sorry…? OMG, we Darwinians have been searching for this for years! Bless you!