The U.S. government has long funded missions of exploration to seed future growth. Famously, Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the American West to look for, among other things, railway passages. The idea was to make maps, find suitable land to settle, and find routes to get there so railroads could be used to ferry people, goods, and services. These, in turn, would eventually spur new businesses (or even whole new industries) in what was then uncharted territory.
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