ok i agree there is some tech transfer with NASA, so is with CERN for instance. this is however national space programs.
my question was more towards commercial space programs, will the tech they invent be open? if so is it worth letting it expand basically out of any regulations?
Current level of regulations of space tourism corresponds to the fact that we do not yet know much what will need regulating and what not.
Regulations around rocket launches have been hashed out over decades of practice. We do not yet have this kind of practical experience with space tourism.
As for the tech produced by commercial space programs: I do not know how open it is going to be, but the know-how established during development will move around as people leave their employees and join others or create their own space startups. I think this might be the most important effect: massive expansion of the pool of experienced engineers.
A historical analogy: contemporary Silicon Valley was basically founded by engineers (called the Traitorous Eight) who left a mismanaged semiconductor startup owned by William Shockley.
