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What happens when a space program gets canceled?

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Slate: What will NASA do with all the technology that it has already developed but can no longer continue financing?

Give it away, sell it, or toss it. When NASA cancels a program or no longer needs certain pieces of equipment, it hands the material over to a property disposal officer who then finds the best way to get rid of it.

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