Governments can, and should, play a complementary role with the private sector to help spur new groundbreaking innovations. Even SpaceX wouldn't be where it is today without hefty government backing.
As I discussed here, https://www.lianeon.org/p/the-triple-helix-of-innovation , the government can subsidize R&D, or direct money toward "Pasteur's Quadrant" and areas that are too high risk, or returns too distant, for the private sector to stomach.
Thanks for sharing the Boost! program with us, I had been completely unaware of the existence of such a program.
Governments can, and should, play a complementary role with the private sector to help spur new groundbreaking innovations. Even SpaceX wouldn't be where it is today without hefty government backing.
As I discussed here, https://www.lianeon.org/p/the-triple-helix-of-innovation , the government can subsidize R&D, or direct money toward "Pasteur's Quadrant" and areas that are too high risk, or returns too distant, for the private sector to stomach.
Thanks for sharing the Boost! program with us, I had been completely unaware of the existence of such a program.