It's not so much about Heinlein. I don't think he would've minded. It's just that awarding prizes for commercialization is a bit redundant, since commercialization usually leads to it's own reward - cold, hard cash. Let's just stick to giving awards to the people who do a lot of hard work that doesn't have a chance of making them filthy rich in the process but benefits Progress, Humankind or [insert Grand Word].
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It's not so much about Heinlein. I don't think he would've minded. It's just that awarding prizes for commercialization is a bit redundant, since commercialization usually leads to it's own reward - cold, hard cash. Let's just stick to giving awards to the people who do a lot of hard work that doesn't have a chance of making them filthy rich in the process but benefits Progress, Humankind or [insert Grand Word].