You can argue that, but of course the only non-LEO missions have all been government projects. It’s not as though Apollo missions were private endeavors after a

You can argue that, but of course the only non-LEO missions have all been government projects. It’s not as though Apollo missions were private endeavors after all. All of the US and European missions beyond LEO aren’t the function of the market. It’s also hard to see how the market would support long range probes and so much else that doesn’t offer a short term monetary reward. Still, maybe you’re right, and reality is just waiting to catch up to your bold capitalist vision of market forces solving everything.