Private industry is alive and well in the market to develop parts of NASA's future space flights. Thales, a French company, has developed a laser dubbed "ChemCam" that has recently been certified for space flight. This innovative instrument will allow future rovers the ability to analyze the composition of rocks without having to physically inspect them.
It's interesting to me that NASA is able to source components for it's space missions from things already in the market in private industry.
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