Then I became a stronger conservative and said these things would happen, anyway, without the government putting fingers into the mix.
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Yes, you are correct, just not in your life time or your grand kids lifetime, but the would happen. And as a bonus, if you are willing to wait, aliens will land on Earth ... just not for the next few billion years ...
The US Government had a monopoly on space. Now, it doesn’t.
We should not pay extra for this. Let private companies do so.