New industry opportunities like this don't come along all that often. The internet was one. Space could be another. Whatever it takes to unlock access, when it is gained, the business opportunities that will result will certainly fill the coffers in D.C. I agree with you.
Clinton spoke of The Third Way, a different "brand" of socialism. I suspect that's what Dems and Pubbies are looking at when they undermine pieces of our Constitution - plus, how to keep both their power and a grip on the money.
In some ways, it almost appears that large corporations are running scared - get it now while you can - because there is a new economic world looming on the horizon.